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Jordon: Eye of the Storm

HISTORY

Abdullah II, the king of Jordan, came to the throne in 1999. In the seventeen years since, his country has been caught in the middle of a region rocked by instability: the war on terror, the Iraq War, the global credit crunch, the Arab Spring, civil war in Syria, a coup in Egypt, and the rise of the Islamic State.
Amidst all this regional instability, the king has successfully kept Jordan stable and steered it toward a future of greater prosperity and stability, while won fame around the world as a moderate, progressive leader. The documentary series interviews first-hand witnesses of the king’s historic reign and takes the viewer underneath the skin of a charismatic, enigmatic man.

Production
3x50mins, Al Arabiya, 2016

Producer / Director
David Gilbert, Julian Hendy, & Guy Smith

Executive Producers
Jonathan Hacker & Adel Alabdulkarim