AMMAN, Jordan — An agreement between the Jordanian Teachers Syndicate and government ended a four-week strike on Oct. 5, after the government agreed to raise the teachers' basic salaries between 35% and 60%, depending on their professional grades, from next year.
In light of the Jordanian teachers’ strike that started Sept. 8, Jordanian activists are now focusing on Egypt where Mohamed Ali, a construction contractor and actor, has made a call for mass protests every Friday to bring down the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.