Tom A. Peter covers Jordan for GlobalPost. Since becoming a journalist in 2005, he has reported from Iraq, the West Bank, Kuwait, Jordan, and other locations. Before joining GlobalPost, he spent nearly two years working for the Christian Science Monitor in their Boston headquarters. Peter's work has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, the Kuwait Times, CosmoGirl, and other periodicals. He is a graduate of Northwestern University where he studied Middle Eastern languages and civilizations and minored in creative writing. He grew up in Newport Beach, CA.
With a fraction of the money, India's aid program has yielded far better results.
Teachers say without violence they cannot gain respect of students who are physically abused at home.
Sign of the times or serious taboo? Female sex tourists sample the delights of Jordan's desert.
In contrast to the US, Jordan prohibits the practice but advocates are vocal.
Are the days of convicted murderers receiving nominal three-month jail terms over?
When it comes to water shortages in the Mideast, it's increasingly a case of cooperate or die.
How the specter of "Joe D." haunts soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The bombing of a CIA base highlights country's importance to US intelligence gathering.
Environmentalism remains a relatively foreign concept to many Arabs, but times are changing.
Islam Samhan — found guilty of apostasy — jokes that his wife is to blame.