Jordan and the Arab Spring

Video Transcript

(Note: This transcript has been edited for readability.)

“If you [went to] the Arab Spring at the peak of the Arab Spring in Jordan, the so-called Arab Spring, it was a kind of demonstration against the prime minister, not the king. They didn’t call to oust the king. They never called to oust the king. Maybe 12 [or] 15 people did and they would have some [kind of] Islamic connection. But the people that went out in the streets [in] downtown Amman were calling for a price cut for electricity.”

In this video, a Jordanian national discusses the Arab Spring in Jordan.