@article{1355281,
      note = {Title from resource description page (viewed June 10,  2015).},
      author = {Jarman, Leila,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355281},
      title = {Voice of the valley /},
      abstract = {In November 2006, Radio Al Balad, an independent radio  station in Amman, Jordan, held an open call for women  interested in producing a program about the people of the  Jordan Valley. Inhabited by marginalized agrarian workers,  the Jordan Valley lies on the eastern Jordanian side of the  Palestinian West Bank. Despite being an agricultural hub of  the region, Jordan is one of the ten most water scarce  countries in the world. Jordan's major surface water  resources, the Jordan River and the Yarmouk River, are  shared with Israel and Syria who leave only a small amount  of water for Jordan. With groundwater resources being  over-exploited and the serious effects of climate change,  there seem to be fewer and fewer solutions to the problem.  In 2010, I traveled to Jordan to document the professional  lives of the two women Radio Al Balad chose to be a voice  for the people of the Jordan Valley.  With no formal  journalistic training, Asma and Munira produce and  broadcast a groundbreaking socio-political radio program  called 'Voice of the Valley.'  Their radio program calls  attention to the issues facing this neglected area such as  the water shortage, poverty, corruption within the local  government, and neglect-problems which have not yet been  addressed by governmental officials in Amman. Despite  societal and cultural pressure to succumb to traditional  patriarchal customs, Asma and Munira continue to fight for  the neglected people of the Jordan Valley.},
      recid = {1355281},
      pages = {1 online resource (51 min.)},
}