"'He just wanted dignity': the tragedy that captured the mood of a nation," 27 Feb 2020

Days after [street vendor Anas al-Jamra's] goods were confiscated... he took his own life. His death highlights the struggle people face to earn a dignified living in Jordan...

A poll published last month... [found] corruption, unemployment and poverty are still seen as the most urgent issues for Jordanians...

Ahmad Awad, director of Jordan Labor Watch... [says] the informal economy accounts for nearly half of Jordan’s workforce. He says Anas’s death was... the result of austerity policies that have disempowered workers...

caught between poverty, crippling debt, unemployment and authorities cracking down on informal work, Anas al-Jamra represents to some the loss of hope and the lack of options to make a dignified living in Jordan.