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Looking Back at 1900 Day leads today's complete edition for Jordan.
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Bengal is the heart of the nationalist movement. The British partition of Bengal in 1905 has inflamed Hindu-Muslim tensions. The jute mills of Calcutta employ thousands. The countryside is poor and getting poorer. The monsoon still decides who eats and who does not.
Not an official holiday, but a day of reflection on Jordan's place in the Arab world. Jordan is a small country with a big role: it borders Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the West Bank, and it has been a mediator in every regional conflict. The day is observed with lectures and discussions about Arab unity, and the conclusion is always the same: unity is necessary, unity is difficult, and Jordan is in the middle.