Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.

We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.

For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don't know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.

Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.

Don't take 'no' for an answer.