Comments on: Dearest Jordan http://blog.eyas-sharaiha.com/2010/01/dearest-jordan/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eyashttp://blog.eyas-sharaiha.com/2010/01/dearest-jordan/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Eyas Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:14:02 +0000 http://blog.eyas-sharaiha.com/?p=147#comment-133 Hey! Thank you for your reply,<br><br>On the "nascent identity", perhaps I ought to clarify. I completely agree that in Jordan, there existed a highly cultured identity for long; walking anywhere in east Amman would communicate that; buildings still habitable that were used a few hundred years ago, and others that stand as monuments that were centers of entire civilizations way before. The area we now Jordan even had its own legislation on some matters, I agree; the Ottoman land law of the nineteenth century was actually used quite some time in Transjordan and perhaps Jordan. What I describe "nascent" is not a cultural identity, but the national identity; that is an identity that warrants for some sort of independence.<br><br>Thank you again for your reply; it is a great reminder to all of us that Jordanian culture itself is not a modern creation, and that is a very important fact. I'd only like to clarify that my point referred to a national identity, and not a cultural identity, and that, in essence, I completely agree with your point. Hey! Thank you for your reply,

On the “nascent identity”, perhaps I ought to clarify. I completely agree that in Jordan, there existed a highly cultured identity for long; walking anywhere in east Amman would communicate that; buildings still habitable that were used a few hundred years ago, and others that stand as monuments that were centers of entire civilizations way before. The area we now Jordan even had its own legislation on some matters, I agree; the Ottoman land law of the nineteenth century was actually used quite some time in Transjordan and perhaps Jordan. What I describe “nascent” is not a cultural identity, but the national identity; that is an identity that warrants for some sort of independence.

Thank you again for your reply; it is a great reminder to all of us that Jordanian culture itself is not a modern creation, and that is a very important fact. I'd only like to clarify that my point referred to a national identity, and not a cultural identity, and that, in essence, I completely agree with your point.

]]> By: Jordanianhttp://blog.eyas-sharaiha.com/2010/01/dearest-jordan/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Jordanian Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:48:57 +0000 http://blog.eyas-sharaiha.com/?p=147#comment-130 Dear Eyas,<br>I wish you best of luck! As for the sentiments you have expressed in the above piece, I have to say that having young people like you in Jordan gives me great pride as a Jordanian citizen. However, being Jordanian I tend to focus on the negative, I tried to let this one go but I really could not. So here we go..<br>One thing really that got to me ... I really would not use the word "nascent" to describe Jordan! That gives the meaning that Jordan was at a certain point a nothingness and came to physically develop into an entity. While agree with you that politically like Palestine Kuwait, Bahrain and many many Arab states before WWI Jordan too was politically none existent, but as a cultural identity Jordan was pretty much alive and kicking and history pretty much backs my version of the story and yes it was a continuous entity, so yes we have a culture that is particular to this part of the Arab world, we have always been amongst the poorest of parts of the Arab inhabited lands but we were there. I will grant you that I am passionate about Jordan but I am basing this whole reaction on facts that I found in books and know for a fact that Jordan has always been there civilized and all..one book out of the top of my head would be the Otoman's taxation book for Jordan in which they had record of the names of inhabitants in order to collect taxes, as an example and there are many other books that may interest you there. I really did not want to say anything but I feel it my duty to point this one out for you, because this is something that we, Jordanians, should know. This is a Nasseri propaganda that was started for political rivalry then and sadly became an uncontested fact when it really isn't.<br><br>Thank you for the sentiments, you are a smart promising young man and I wish you all the best!! Godspeed! Dear Eyas,
I wish you best of luck! As for the sentiments you have expressed in the above piece, I have to say that having young people like you in Jordan gives me great pride as a Jordanian citizen. However, being Jordanian I tend to focus on the negative, I tried to let this one go but I really could not. So here we go..
One thing really that got to me … I really would not use the word “nascent” to describe Jordan! That gives the meaning that Jordan was at a certain point a nothingness and came to physically develop into an entity. While agree with you that politically like Palestine Kuwait, Bahrain and many many Arab states before WWI Jordan too was politically none existent, but as a cultural identity Jordan was pretty much alive and kicking and history pretty much backs my version of the story and yes it was a continuous entity, so yes we have a culture that is particular to this part of the Arab world, we have always been amongst the poorest of parts of the Arab inhabited lands but we were there. I will grant you that I am passionate about Jordan but I am basing this whole reaction on facts that I found in books and know for a fact that Jordan has always been there civilized and all..one book out of the top of my head would be the Otoman's taxation book for Jordan in which they had record of the names of inhabitants in order to collect taxes, as an example and there are many other books that may interest you there. I really did not want to say anything but I feel it my duty to point this one out for you, because this is something that we, Jordanians, should know. This is a Nasseri propaganda that was started for political rivalry then and sadly became an uncontested fact when it really isn't.

Thank you for the sentiments, you are a smart promising young man and I wish you all the best!! Godspeed!

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