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Aaron Magid is a Washington-based journalist who formerly reported from Amman. He graduated from Harvard University with an MA in Middle Eastern studies. His articles have appeared in the New Republic and the Daily Star (Lebanon). On Twitter: @AaronMagid
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![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) listens to his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh during a joint news conference in Amman, Jordan January 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mohammad Hannon/Pool (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX17E5V](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/04/RTX17E5V.jpg/RTX17E5V.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=WEYYT674)
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![Syrian refugees wait to board a Jordanian army vehicle after crossing into Jordanian territory with their families, in Al Ruqban border area, near the northeastern Jordanian border with Syria, and Iraq, near the town of Ruwaished, 240 km (149 miles) east of Amman September 10, 2015. Picture taken September 10, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed - RTX2II4S](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/08/RTX2II4S.jpg/RTX2II4S.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=g2Yw0AIt)
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![AMMAN, JORDAN - SEPTEMBER 10: Jordanian traffic police officer Sylvia Hjazeen directs traffic at one of the city's most important road crossings on September 10, 2007 in Amman, Jordan. A women's police academy opened in Amman in 1972 making Jordan the first Arab country to admit women to its police services. There are currently 73 female officers in Amman traffic police, accounting for less than 5 percent of the service, and this year seven became the first women to patrol on motorcycles. (Photo by Salah Ma](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/07/GettyImages-76634211.jpg/GettyImages-76634211.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=q_XtJRvy)
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![A man marks his ballot at a polling station in Amman January 23, 2013. Jordanians voted on Wednesday in their first parliamentary elections since the Arab Spring revolts, but a boycott by the main Islamist party will ensure no repeat of an Egypt-style revolution via the ballot box. REUTERS/Majed Jaber (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3CTZ7](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/07/RTR3CTZ7.jpg/RTR3CTZ7.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=chEDzM9t)
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![A security member, who was injured during an attack at a camp for Syrian refugees in eastern Jordan near the borders of Iraq, Syria and Jordan, is transported from a military helicopter to al-Hussein Medical Centre in Amman, Jordan, June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer - RTX2HCMY](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/07/RTX2HCMY.jpg/RTX2HCMY.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=0YYrXuA1)
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![Syrian refugees stuck between the Jordanian and Syrian borders, wait to cross into Jordan after a group of them crossed into Jordanian territory, near the town of Ruwaished, at the Hadalat area, east of the capital Amman, January 14, 2016. After months of being stranded at the border, a group of Syrian refugees has finally been allowed to enter Jordan. Jordanian authorities say they have to address security concerns before allowing more refugees into the country burdened with over 1.4 million refugees, sai](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/04/RTX22FG3.jpg/RTX22FG3.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=iHLvs8Rh)
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