A comrade in Jordan sent me this: "There is a very famous radio morning show in Jordan that instils
Jordanian chauvinistic sentiments amounting to blunt anti-Palestinian
racism sometimes. The radio station is called "Iza'at al qouwwat al
mousalaha" the armed forces radio station, of course run by the armed
forces. This show is hosted by a famous announcer, Mahmoud Al Hwayan (who
by the way has a beautiful radio voice). It is very casual to hear on
this station comments like "Ourdouni Assil" (trueborn Jordanian?). The
best chauvinistic feelings came during this morning show: Yesterday
Jordan won over Australia in the World Cup qualifier, the celebrations
went all night, and you could hear on the show this morning very
nationalistic comments. They aired this ugly song that says "my mother
is Jordanian" non-stop, people texting the station congratulated Jordan
for winning over the "Australian Continent"! One offered this victory to
the "most beautiful king"!!!! I swear
أجمل ملك he said. This Mahmoud Al Hwayan then out of the blue raised
the “issue” of a street name called "freedom street", he said: why not
call it unity street or love street? no kidding, he said: because
"freedom street" could be misinterpreted and misplaced... The show is
very famous, all taxi drivers listen to it in the morning. During the
Tafila protests, it was agitating against the protests and calling the
protesters criminals.... "