Yarmouk University

A “first-of-its-kind” Hellenistic temple in the Levant region has been discovered in Umm Qais, an archaeologist said on Monday.
An archaeological excavation team from Yarmouk University has recently discovered a Hellenistic temple and network of water tunnels, Atef Sheyyab, president of the archaeology department at the university told the Jordan Times.

Palestinian writer ?brahim El-Amiri, who has written a thesis on the impact of Turkish TV dramas on the Middle East, believes the Middle East has found its own hero in the state-hired hand in a Turkish TV drama.