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Feb 2020
13m 12s

Do Jordanians want to work?

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About this episode
In this episode: we interview Jordanians seeking employment, employers explain why they sometimes prefer migrant workers, and experts answer the question: what kind of work are Jordanians looking for?

Produced and presented by Lina Shannak, audio engineered by Taseer Kabbani, and edited by Sabreen Taha.

This episode is supported by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. All opinions are the author's own.

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