bruary 1, 2011, after weeks of protests that preceded the uprisings in both Tunisia and Egypt, King Abdullah II dismissed the unpopular government of Samir Rifai and entrusted Marouf Al Bakhit, an ex-army general and former prime minister, with forming a new government. Bakhit's major task would be "to take sp

nd between ambition and ability, is highlighted by the fact that four successive governments have come and gone in 15 months, under Prime Ministers Samir Rifai, Marouf Bakhit, Awn al-Khasawneh, and now Fayez Tarawneh. Perhaps we can also add to them five Justice Ministers in seven months, who are Ibrahim