Hashemite
noun
Hash·em·ite
ˈha-shə-ˌmīt 
variants
or Hashimite
: a member of an Arab family having common ancestry with Muhammad and founding dynasties in countries of the eastern Mediterranean
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These have varied from a single binational state—a concept that was first proposed by Jewish intellectuals in the 1920s, and again in the 1940s—to transforming the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan into a Palestinian state, an idea that has repeatedly resurfaced since the 1967 war.
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Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Efforts by Israel’s far-right government to advance West Bank annexation and thwart the possibility of Palestinian statehood could pose an existential threat to the Hashemite regime, as Iran reportedly seeks to expand its network of proxies to Jordan and capitalize on growing anti-Israel sentiment.
—TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
By His Majesty King Abdullah’s orders, the Royal Hashemite Court has announced three days of mourning, as of Sunday, 18 February 2024.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
The director of programs and planning for the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), Marwan al-Hennawy, slits open a box of food to show what should be reaching people in Gaza; this one contains rice, chicken stock, tuna and dates.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
The Royal Hashemite Court is mourning the death of Princess Rajwa of Jordan's father, Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz Al Saif, just eight months after her royal wedding to Crown Prince Hussein.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
The most important one was the rivalry between the two Hashemite kingdoms — the ones created in the early 1920s in Iraq and Transjordan or Jordan — and the Egyptian-Saudi axis.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
From resistance to Ottoman taxes to defiance of British rule, from opposition to Hashemite suzerainty to disputing neoliberal reforms, Jordanians have regularly made their views known.
—Jillian Schwedler, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
Jordan’s Hashemite monarchy, one of the first Arab governments to recognize Israel, plays a role as a bridge between Israel and the rest of the Middle East.
—Summer Said, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Efforts by Israel’s far-right government to advance West Bank annexation and thwart the possibility of Palestinian statehood could pose an existential threat to the Hashemite regime, as Iran reportedly seeks to expand its network of proxies to Jordan and capitalize on growing anti-Israel sentiment.
—TIME, 22 Apr. 2024
By His Majesty King Abdullah’s orders, the Royal Hashemite Court has announced three days of mourning, as of Sunday, 18 February 2024.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
The director of programs and planning for the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO), Marwan al-Hennawy, slits open a box of food to show what should be reaching people in Gaza; this one contains rice, chicken stock, tuna and dates.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
The Royal Hashemite Court is mourning the death of Princess Rajwa of Jordan's father, Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz Al Saif, just eight months after her royal wedding to Crown Prince Hussein.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
The most important one was the rivalry between the two Hashemite kingdoms — the ones created in the early 1920s in Iraq and Transjordan or Jordan — and the Egyptian-Saudi axis.
—Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
From resistance to Ottoman taxes to defiance of British rule, from opposition to Hashemite suzerainty to disputing neoliberal reforms, Jordanians have regularly made their views known.
—Jillian Schwedler, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
Jordan’s Hashemite monarchy, one of the first Arab governments to recognize Israel, plays a role as a bridge between Israel and the rest of the Middle East.
—Summer Said, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
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“Hashemite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hashemite. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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