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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Nora Adin Fares

Posters to protests: The dynamics of Jordan’s recent elections

Jordanians dip their index finger in black ink as proof of voting [Nora Adin Fares/Al Jazeera]

Amman, Jordan – In the early hours after election day in Jordan’s capital, the pervasive campaign posters were stripped from the city’s central districts before the preliminary results were announced.

In Paris Square, a bustling hub in the lively neighbourhood of Jabal al-Weibdeh, a few posters still cling to their perches and the occasional black-stained finger of a passer-by hints at the election that just ended.

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