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Jaafar Majdi Anwar Farid Al Saleh, son of Princess Zein bint Al Hussein of Jordan and Sayyid Majdi Al-Saleh, marries a Jordanian woman in 2021. He the knot with Aisha Yahya Abdul Rahman Qutta in the presence of his uncle, King Abdullah II.

Jaafar is known for his singing in English, where he founded the band "Jaafar Band", then moved to sing in Arabic and released several songs, including: "Salma, Dalia and Rahat Aleke". (x)

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Cricklade, UK 🇬🇧! A rainbow rises over flooded fields after the rivers Thames and Churn burst their banks in western England after Storm Henk brought strong winds and heavy rain to much of the country. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Central Gaza, Occupied Palestine 🇵🇸! The Crimes of the Bastard Child of the United States and the West, the Illegal Regime of God’s Fucked-up Terrorist Zionist Cunts, Isra-hell. Buildings destroyed by Terrorist Isra-helli bombardment in Gaza Strip, Photographed from across the border in southern Isra-hell Illegal Regime. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images

Genocide of Innocent Palestinians! Arura, West Bank, Occupied Palestine 🇵🇸! Aisha, the mother of Saleh al-Arouri, holds a picture of him at the family home in the occupied West Bank. Arouri, one of Hamas’s most senior officials, was killed this week in an Israeli drone strike in Beirut that threatens a dangerous escalation of Israel’s war against Hamas, the Freedom Fighters. Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images

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الاميرة عالية بنت الحسين نشرت صورة و علقة عليها اواخر التسعينات من اليمين عون ابن أختي عائشة عمر ابن اخي فيصل واخته اية ثم جمانة وجعفر البنة وابن اختي زين ثم نجلي طلال ونجلي عبدالحميد

Princess Alia Bint Al Hussein published a picture and commented on it in the late nineties, from the right, Aoun, my nephew, Aisha Omar, nephew of Faisal, his sister Aya, then Jumana, Jafar Al-Banna, my nephew Zain, then my two sons Talal and my sons Abdul Hamid.

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Celebrations were set to go on all weekend in Doha as thousands of jubilant Qataris took to the streets within minutes of the country's astonishing Asian Cup final victory Friday.

Qatari fans cheer after their national team won the final match against Japan during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup on Feb 1, 2019, in the Qatari capital Doha. (Photo: AFP/Karim Jaafar)

Huge crowds had gathered at several specially-built giant screens in Doha to watch the match against Japan, then converged on to the Corniche, one of the country's main roads, to noisily celebrate, many waving flags from their cars.

Traffic tailbacked as far as the eye could see as jubilant Qataris revelled in their their 3-1 victory. Elsewhere in the city families celebrated by playing traditional Qatari music or celebrating with food. "We are so happy, it is all too much," said Maher al-Baloushi, who had watched the game with his family among a huge crowd in a beachside district of the city known as Katara. There a noisy alcohol-free — and sometimes nervous — crowd made up of Qataris and ex-pats from countries such as Pakistan, Italy, Oman and the United Kingdom cheered almost every ball as upstarts Qatar defied football logic to win their first ever Asian Cup. "I am very proud, because Qataris cannot go (to the United Arab Emirates)," said Shehab, 17, referring to the ongoing political tensions between Qatar and its neighbouring former Gulf allies, including the UAE. "This makes it better because it was so hard," he added. Another Qatari, Saleh, disagreed. The 31-year-old said that although he was "very happy", he was sad that he could not be in the stadium to watch the politically-tinged cup triumph. "The problem today is that we cannot go there, to the Emirates, we have to watch from outside," said Saleh. Since June 2017, a swathe of countries in the region have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, claiming it supports terrorism and is seeking better ties with Iran. Qatar denies the charges and says it is being punished for pursuing an independent foreign policy. It also accuses its rival neighbours of seeking regime change in Doha. Very few, if any, Qataris have travelled to the UAE to watch matches, claiming they were fearful about what would happen to them in the current political climate. One unnamed fan told AFP he feared ending up in prison if he travelled to Abu Dhabi, where the final was played. But that did not dampen the jubilation in Doha, which was not even expected to reach a crescendo on Friday, but instead when the team arrives back in Doha on Saturday to a probable crowd of tens of thousands of people. Saleh added that Qataris were happy because ex-pats, who make up almost 90 per cent of the population in the 2022 World Cup host country, had shown their support for the country during the political crisis and the Asian Cup. "They are happy for me, it's like Qatar is their country," added Saleh. "Inshallah, all the people support Qatar." – 'It's everyone's victory' – Among those foreigners cheering Qatar was Mohamed Yousuf Haliq, a crane operator from Pakistan, who has lived in the Gulf for 20 years. "We are very happy, they are our Islamic brothers," he said with a big smile. Close by in the massive crowd in Katara was Italian Vito Cerabona and his family including Scottish wife Jacqueline and their three daughters. "We have been here 12 years, we consider this very much our home," said Vito. "We feel like it's everyone's victory, particularly in the current climate. "Qatar has been very dignified, they deserve this 100 per cent."

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Crown Prince Hussein, with his brother Hashem, attends a bachelor party hosted by his cousin Prince Omar bin Al Feisal at his residence before his wedding. Other cousins including Aoun Juma, Prince Abdullah bin Ali, Jaafar & Tariq Al Saleh are so present. The groom posts a photo saying, "Many thanks to my cousins and battalion members in the Jordan Armed Forces for the memorable pre-wedding bash. I’m so grateful for all of you."

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30 April 2024: King Abdullah II emphasized the need to develop the exports of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company to include high economic value products from manufacturing industries; to mitigate the impact of price fluctuations and enhance competitiveness.

His Majesty praised the achievements of “Phosphate” during recent years at a meeting with company representatives, attended by Crown Prince Hussein. He pointed out the importance of an ambitious investment plan for the company that aligns with the goals of the economic modernization vision, to expand investment, increase growth rates, increase employment, and build a modern industrial base.

During the meeting, which was attended by Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh, the company’s chairman, Mohammad Thneibat, spoke about plans to improve production quality, increase quantities, and boost sales.

Thneibat explained that the company has established new partnerships and started implementing projects to increase its revenues and enhance its financial and competitive position.

He anticipated that the new projects, once operational and production begins, would contribute to an overall increase in sales of approximately $1.2 billion and an increase in profits of no less than $500 million, in addition to providing a thousand new job opportunities.

The government owns the majority stake in the company; distributed between the Government Investment Management Company at 25.6%, and the Social Security Corporation at 16.6%.

His Majesty listened to an explanation by the company’s CEO, Abdul Wahab Al-Rawad, about the company’s operations over the past five years; the number of job opportunities increased to 10,000 (direct and indirect), and the volume of mining increased by 3.5 million tons; reaching 11.5 million tons.

According to Al-Rawad, the company’s sales increased by $890 million; exceeding $2 billion during the same period, and it worked on opening new markets in several countries including the United States, Brazil, Australia, and China. It also reduced production costs by 40% annually and employed integrated automation technology in its production processes.

Al-Rawad indicated that the company’s plans for the years (2024-2030) include establishing an industrial complex in Aqaba, in partnership with the Arab Potash Company, and establishing the Jordanian-Turkish Fertilizer Company, and increasing the production capacity of several of its factories.

Jordan owns the fifth-largest phosphate reserve in the world; with 3.7 billion tons, of which 1.25 billion tons are reserves of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company, which is the world’s leading exporter and fifth-largest producer of phosphate, with a production capacity of over 7 million tons of phosphate annually.

The meeting was attended by the Director of His Majesty’s Office, Jaafar Hassan, and the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Saleh Al-Kharabsheh.

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GQ Middle East: How The Middle East Fell For Country Music

BY ALLY PORTEE, 23 March 2020

Jaafar Al-Saleh, a Jordanian Pop singer, is an avid country music fan, having spent considerable time in Nashville, the home of country.

“I don’t think it’s something that’s really that new.” He says. “I remember my friends listening to Brad Paisley in high school. Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X, Carrie Underwood, they all get heavy radio play in the Middle East.”

The way Jaafar sees it, Arabs are taking to the genre because of the subject matter. “I find that country music and mainstream Arabic music are quite similar, thematically,” he says.

He even created an Arabic and country fused song inspired by his trip to Nashville. “I was just inspired by that scene and when I went into the studio to produce it, I incorporated different Middle Eastern musical elements. It happened quite organically. I love that song and I hope to release it one day.” 

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Harper’s Bazaar Arabia Interview: Jordanian Pop Singer Jaafar Al-Saleh On Modernising Arab Music

BY ALLYSON PORTEE / JUL 28 2019

He may be the nephew to King Abdullah II of Jordan, his mother may be Princess Zein bint Hussein, but Jaafar Al-Saleh is his own man on a mission to bridge East and West melodically, with aims to modernise Arab music

Jaafar is member of the Jordanian royal family, something that he doesn’t want to get out too much. He grew up partly in Jordan and Miami, Florida. When he started his music career, he dropped his last name so people wouldn’t find out his family background. Not because he’s ashamed. He has his family’s support but he’s adamant about paving his own way.“My family is all very supportive but when people hear that I’m a member of the Jordanian royal family, they often stop focusing on my music,” he laughs.

Rock, Pop, Country- everything inspires Jaafar. “It’s weird, when I was growing up in the Middle East, all I listened to was anything but Arabic music. When I lived in the US, I started listening to Arabic music.”

It was seeing Sting and one of his musical influences, Cheb Mami, an Algerian Raï artist perform live in Jordan that Jaafar knew he wanted to be a singer. The two performed their song Desert Rose and Jaafar was hooked. “It was as if the room stood still. Growing up in Jordan, we only had one English radio station at the time and after that it was concerts. I began to expose myself to a world of different genres: rock and pop. I really started to like these new sounds,” he said. “Middle Eastern artists are often formed in the shape of the people that have come before them, without having to modernise or change their sounds. And that’s very evident in their live shows. It’s the same of what was done in the ‘70s and ‘80s and I want to change this.”

When he first started making music it was in English but then he realised it had an oriental feel to it, that’s what he was gravitating to, and decided to stick to making Arab music. But, he’s seeing that Arab music needs to innovate. “I think there’s more people my age who want to listen to a fusion of Middle Eastern, and pop/Western sounds. And I hope that the Middle Eastern music industry opens up to that as well, because it’s very stubborn in what gets played on the radio. I want to make it my mission in the Middle East to break down that barrier."

Slowly but surely pop music is becoming more relevant in the Middle East, so is Hip Hop. “People are listening to artists like Drake, and songs like Old Town Road and they’re wanting to hear these sounds in Arab music. Jay-Z did it a lot and in the early 2000s. But after September 11, people in the West were afraid of Arabic music. Now it’s coming up a lot more.”

It’s clear that Jafaar believes Arab music needs to open up to other genres and he believes he is a part of the innovation. “I want to modernise the sounds a bit and what it means to be an Arab artist. Looking abroad, I want to take the sounds we have here and introduce them to people in a way that’s easy to conceive. Arab music is much more complex than Western music. There’s much more colour to paint with musically in this part of the world. I have that in my arsenal and this is what differentiates me in the West because I have these musical tools to use.”

Jaafar’s new single,“OK 3adi” will be released on August 29th.

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جي كيو الشرق الأوسط: كيف سقط الشرق الأوسط بسبب موسيقى الريف التي كتبها ALLY PORTEE ، 23 مارس 2020 جعفر الصالح ، مغني البوب ​​الأردني ، هو من عشاق موسيقى الريف ، وقد قضى وقتًا طويلاً في ناشفيل ، موطن البلد. "لا أعتقد أنه شيء جديد حقًا." هو يقول. "أتذكر أصدقائي وهم يستمعون لبراد بيزلي في المدرسة الثانوية. تايلور سويفت ، ليل ناس إكس ، كاري أندروود ، جميعهم يتمتعون بلعب إذاعي مكثف في الشرق الأوسط ". بالطريقة التي يراها جعفر ، يتجه العرب إلى النوع بسبب الموضوع. يقول: "أجد أن موسيقى الريف والموسيقى العربية السائدة متشابهة إلى حد كبير ، من حيث الموضوع". حتى أنه ابتكر أغنية عربية وريفية مستوحاة من رحلته إلى ناشفيل. "لقد ألهمني هذا المشهد للتو وعندما ذهبت إلى الاستوديو لإنتاجه ، قمت بدمج عناصر موسيقية شرق أوسطية مختلفة. لقد حدث بشكل طبيعي تمامًا. أحب هذه الأغنية وآمل أن أطلقها ذات يوم ".

GQ Middle East: How The Middle East Fell For Country Music BY ALLY PORTEE, 23 March 2020 Jaafar Al-Saleh, a Jordanian Pop singer, is an avid country music fan, having spent considerable time in Nashville, the home of country. “I don’t think it’s something that’s really that new.” He says. “I remember my friends listening to Brad Paisley in high school. Taylor Swift, Lil Nas X, Carrie Underwood, they all get heavy radio play in the Middle East.” The way Jaafar sees it, Arabs are taking to the genre because of the subject matter. “I find that country music and mainstream Arabic music are quite similar, thematically,” he says. He even created an Arabic and country fused song inspired by his trip to Nashville. “I was just inspired by that scene and when I went into the studio to produce it, I incorporated different Middle Eastern musical elements. It happened quite organically. I love that song and I hope to release it one day.” 

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الاميرة مني و والد الأميرة مني والاميرة عالية الطباع وابنتها الأميرة آية بنت الفيصل والاميرة زين وابنه جعفر الصالح وابنه الأميرة عائشة عون جمعة

Princess Muna and the father of Princess Muna and Princess Alia Tabaa and her daughter Princess Aya bint Al-Faisal and Princess Zain and his son Jaafar Al-Saleh and his son Princess Aisha Aoun Juma

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الاميرة مني الحسين والاميرة زين بنت الحسين والأمير فيصل بن الحسين والاميرة عالية الطباع (طليقة الأمير فيصل ) وابنه الأميرة زين جعفر الصالح والمصور زوهراب

Princess Muna Al Hussein, Princess Zain bint Al Hussein, Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein, Princess Alia Al-Tabbaa (Prince Faisal's ex-wife), his son Princess Zain Jaafar Al-Saleh, and photographer Zohrab

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الاميرة مني الحسين مع المصور زوهراب وابنته الأميرة زين بنت الحسين وابن الاميرة زين جعفر الصالح

Princess Mona Al Hussein with photographer Zahrab, his daughter, Princess Zain bint Al Hussein, and the son of Princess Zain Jaafar Al Saleh

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Mr. Jaafar Al-Saleh, son of Her Royal Highness Princess Zain bint Al Hussein and Miss Aisha Kota with Princess Najla bint Asim and her husband Nasser Osama and her daughters yesterday 10.23.21

السيد جعفر الصالح نجل صاحبة السمو الملكي الاميرة زين بنت الحسين و الآنسة عائشة كوطة مع الاميرة نجلاء بنت عاصم وزوجها ناصر اسامة وبناتها امس 2021.10.21