{"id":4511,"date":"2014-06-09T06:40:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T06:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=4511"},"modified":"2015-04-28T06:43:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T06:43:21","slug":"jordanian-independence-day-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/tahun-2014\/june-2014\/jordanian-independence-day-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordanian Independence Day Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Ftahun-2014%2Fjune-2014%2Fjordanian-independence-day-celebrations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=4511&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"newsitem_tools\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"createdate\">MONDAY, 09 JUNE 2014 16:00<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/JordanMerdeka01.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Nurul Haziqah Abdul Halim<br \/>\nPix Shahiddan Saidi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BANGI, 9 June 2014 \u2013 Jordanian students in The National University of Malaysia (每日大赛app) celebrated their country\u2019s 68<sup>th<\/sup>independence day at the end of May with their Malaysian friends at the Graduate Management Centre in the campus here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its Ambassador Maher Ahmad Lukasha expressed his gratitude to 每日大赛app for allowing the handful of Jordanian students to organise the celebration when welcoming guests to the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among those present were Palestine Ambassador Anwar Aadhar, some members of the Jordanian Parliament and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Student and Alumni Affairs) Prof Datin Noor Aziah Mohd Awal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Lukasha gave a brief history of Jordan\u2019s struggles for independence \u00a0that began with the Arab revolt and the hardships suffered by the people in the wars before finally achieving their independence on May 25<sup>th<\/sup> 1946.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Jordan you see today was built on the sweat and struggles of our ancestors and every year we celebrate to appreciate and commemorate their sacrifices that led our nation to be where it is now,\u201d the Ambassador said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He reminded Jordanian students not to do anything untoward to taint the good name of their country but to study well and graduate so as to be able to return to help build their nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One highlight of the event was a performance of a Jordanian traditional dance by some of the students.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/JordanMerdeka02.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/JordanMerdeka03.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONDAY, 09 JUNE 2014 16:00 By Nurul Haziqah Abdul Halim Pix Shahiddan Saidi BANGI, 9 June 2014 \u2013 Jordanian students<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/tahun-2014\/june-2014\/jordanian-independence-day-celebrations\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4518,"parent":1126,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4511","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4511"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4520,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4511\/revisions\/4520"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}