Jordan Archives - IMPACT-se https://impact-se.org/region/jordan/ Worldwide News | Negative Influences | Tolerance Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:20:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://impact-se.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/cropped-logo-IMPACT_SE-1-32x32.png Jordan Archives - IMPACT-se https://impact-se.org/region/jordan/ 32 32 When Education Diverges from Law: LGBTQ Narratives in Jordanian and Egyptian Textbooks https://impact-se.org/publication/when-education-diverges-from-law-lgbtq-narratives-in-jordanian-and-egyptian-textbooks/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/publication/when-education-diverges-from-law-lgbtq-narratives-in-jordanian-and-egyptian-textbooks/ This report examines how Jordanian and Egyptian school textbooks address homosexuality and gender non-conformity. Through analysis of religious and language curricula, it shows how textbook narratives often reflect prevailing social and religious norms rather than state law, highlighting the role of education in transmitting societal attitudes. Please find the paper here.

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]]> This report examines how Jordanian and Egyptian school textbooks address homosexuality and gender non-conformity. Through analysis of religious and language curricula, it shows how textbook narratives often reflect prevailing social and religious norms rather than state law, highlighting the role of education in transmitting societal attitudes.

Please find the paper here.

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]]> Falling Short: Review of Jordanian Textbooks for 2024-2025 https://impact-se.org/publication/falling-short-review-of-jordanian-textbooks-for-2024-2025/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/publication/falling-short-review-of-jordanian-textbooks-for-2024-2025/ IMPACT-se’s latest review of Jordan’s 2024–2025 national curriculum finds a troubling regression in content related to peace, tolerance, and coexistence. While Jordan’s textbooks cite the Amman Message and emphasize religious harmony between Christians and Muslims, the curriculum continues to reinforce extreme antisemitic tropes, justify violence against Israel, and portray the peace treaty with Israel in […]

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]]> IMPACT-se’s latest review of Jordan’s 2024–2025 national curriculum finds a troubling regression in content related to peace, tolerance, and coexistence. While Jordan’s textbooks cite the Amman Message and emphasize religious harmony between Christians and Muslims, the curriculum continues to reinforce extreme antisemitic tropes, justify violence against Israel, and portray the peace treaty with Israel in a negative light. Notably, a newly introduced textbook downplays and legitimizes Hamas’s October 7 attack, falsely presenting it as a response to Israeli actions while omitting the murder of over 1,100 Israeli civilians. Israel’s existence continues to be erased from maps, while Zionism is framed as a racist colonial conspiracy. The Holocaust is entirely absent from history lessons. Additionally, the curriculum contains new content promoting intolerance towards women and LGBTQ+ individuals, labeling homosexuality as a threat to humanity and reinforcing rigid, discriminatory gender roles. Despite Jordan’s long-standing diplomatic relations with Israel, its educational materials fail to align with UNESCO standards of peace and tolerance, instead promoting division, hostility, and extremist narratives.

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]]> Jordan’s New Curriculum: The Challenge of Radicalism https://impact-se.org/publication/jordans-new-curriculum-the-challenge-of-radicalism/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://impact-se.org/publication/jordans-new-curriculum-the-challenge-of-radicalism/ Jordan’s new curriculum derives from the principles formulated in the Amman Message of 2004. In this report IMPACT-se evaluates a range of topics: moderating the education of Islam for students (with emphasis on diversity and openness); layers of national identity; the idea of good citizenship, which includes gender, economic and environmental responsibility; Jordan’s approach toward […]

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]]> Jordan’s new curriculum derives from the principles formulated in the Amman Message of 2004. In this report IMPACT-se evaluates a range of topics: moderating the education of Islam for students (with emphasis on diversity and openness); layers of national identity; the idea of good citizenship, which includes gender, economic and environmental responsibility; Jordan’s approach toward the West Bank and the Palestinians; unresolved internal conflict toward its peace with Israel and compassion toward the disadvantaged.

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