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Mudar Zahran (born 19 April 1973) is a Jordanian Palestinian writer and the secretary general of the ''Jordanian Opposition Coalition''. Zahran lives in the United Kingdom,〔 where he sought political asylum in 2010. In 2013, he was indicted by a Jordanian military court for four separate charges against him.〔 ==Biography== Born on 19 April 1973, Zahran is a prominent Jordanian opposition figure and writer. Zahran's parents were born in Jerusalem, and moved to Jordan during the period when the West Bank was under Jordanian rule. His family, the Zahrans, are one of the most influential and formerly wealthy within Jordanian society. The most affluent part of Jordan's capital had been officially named Zahran district after the family's former dominance, and the most cosmopolitan street in the country is Zahran Street, where Zahran Palace still stands today. Zahran's parents sent him to the United States, where he continued his education in New Hampshire from an early age. He has two master's degrees from Southern New Hampshire University〔 and a PhD in Middle Eastern banking in the UK. Before seeking asylum in the UK, Zahran was serving as Economic Specialist and Assistant Policy Coordinator at the US Embassy in Amman, serving also the US Embassy in Baghdad. During his work at the US Embassy, Zahran covered critical and sensitive matters regarding Jordan, reporting to two US ambassadors, with his reports being forwarded to the US Department of State, the US Department of Treasury, the CIA, the US Department of Homeland Security and, occasionally, the FBI. In 2010, Zahran wrote an article in the Jerusalem Post that described Jordan as an apartheid state which drew criticism by the Jordanian state. After fleeing Amman in 2010, he has been called by HSBC bank in Jordan for failing to repay the bank amounts totaling up to 50,000 Jordanian Dinars (about $71,000). Zahran tried several times to predict the toppling of the regime, but failed to do so. He told ''The Times of Israel'' in 2012, "The King is not going to survive, it’s out of the question… I give him until next summer, more or less. And even if I am wrong, I can’t see the King making it to 2014 by any stretch." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mudar Zahran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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