Jordan

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Politics

1966–2006

"Al-Qaeda organisation in Iraq...has declared war against Shias in all of Iraq."

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

Business

b. 1938

"An efficient telecommunications network is the foundation upon which an information society is built."

Zeid Raad Al Hussein

Politics

b. 1964

"If we do not change course quickly, we will inevitably encounter an incident where that first domino is tipped—triggering a sequence of unstoppable events that will mark the end of our time on this tiny planet..."

Khaled Mashal

Politics

b. 1956

"The U.S. alleges it wants to democratize whilst it seeks to reverse election results not legally or through polls, but by force, fostering chaos and supporting, financing and arming the corrupt."

Queen Rania of Jordan

Literature

social movement

b. 1970

"Queen Rania on YouTube's "End Poverty - Be the Generation" video"

Abdullah II of Jordan

Politics

b. 1962

"History, geography and future bind us. Let no one separate us. Together, we can create pillars of mutual respect that will support the common good for generations to come."

Abdullah Ensour

Politics

b. 1939

"There is a limit to how much the country can take; you don’t want us to collapse. You don’t want our economic plans, our economic reform to be disrupted . . . You don’t want Jordan to be destabilised."

"The Internet is an American creation and it is now being used by an enemy of America. I would like to ask someone at the FBI why are they not able to catch Al Qaeda when they upload a message?"