Hashemite rule survived in Iraq until 1958, and, in Jordan, continues strongly to this day.

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Dajani is an assistant professor at the Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan.

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The US wished to please its Saudi ally which, like Egypt, sought to weaken the British-allied Hashemite regimes in Iraq and Jordan.

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Princess Sumaya highlighted the efforts made by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to foster the development of scientific thinking on the stewardship of the planet.

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Nasser's move imperiled the British-allied Hashemite regimes in Iraq and Jordan.

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Hashemite rule was not the Palestinians' first choice, but refugees who crossed the Jordan river were automatically given Jordanian citizenship and the rights that go with it.

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Some even look to the restoration of Hashemite influence.

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This, they argued, would continue to marginalise Jordanians of Palestinian origin in favour of those descended from Jordan's original Bedouin inhabitants, whose tribes dominate the government and security forces and are the bedrock of the Hashemite monarchy.

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Joining my fellow science blogger and co-panelist from the first event, Salman Hameed of Hampshire College, will be Rana Dajani, a professor of molecular biology at the Hashemite University in Jordan and a visiting lecturer this year at Yale School of Medicine.

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