When the land dries up... Jordanians victims of climate change and lack of labor rights
In the heart of the Humaymat Desert in southern Jordan, where the Nabataeans immortalized their ingenuity by inventing water harvesting systems that still bear witness to their genius, today's reality raises a painful question: How did a land that was once rich in water turn into a wasteland?
This is where Abu Khaled was born in 1968. Since 1989, he has lived a self-sufficient life on 25 dunams of land inherited from his ancestors. At that time, Nabataean ponds collected rainwater, which was enough to water 100 sheep and his olive, grape, and pomegranate trees, in addition to growing wheat, barley, and chickpeas. Recalling those days, he says, "We lived off our land... we ate what we grew and drank rainwater."
In a Jordanian factory, Bahaa* (27) was doing his routine work when he became exhausted and tired, which cost him two fingers after they were caught in the production machine he was working on. His
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