{"id":10726,"date":"2011-09-07T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/?p=10726"},"modified":"2011-09-07T17:39:22","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:39:22","slug":"pop-patriotism-the-picture-that-tells-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/middle-east-sports-news-and-analysis\/pop-patriotism-the-picture-that-tells-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Patriotism: The Picture that Tells a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Jordan-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10727\" title=\"Jordan fans hold pictures of Jordan's King Abdullah during their 2014 World Cup Asian zone qualifying soccer match against China in Amman\" src=\"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Jordan--e1315402533401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Jordan--e1315402533401.jpg 498w, https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Jordan--e1315402533401-145x92.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><em>REUTERS: Jordan fans hold pictures of Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah during their 2014 World Cup Asian zone qualifying soccer match against China in Amman September 6, 2011.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This photo caught my eye today. The front row is occupied by the same photo of the King (which I assume was handed out and\/or sold at the stadium), while the second row is mostly flags, and then the third row features an \u201cI Love Jordan\u201d t-shirt train. As random as this arrangement obviously is, it reminds me how pop-patriotism often plays out in Jordan, with the King always upfront as the primary expression of nationalism, followed by, followed by, followed by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASEEM TARAWNAH: There&#8217;s a certain inevitability about how &#8216;pop patriotism&#8217; is played out in Jordan. It was clearly on show during yesterday&#8217;s international football game in Amman.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":10727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,148,483,482,7],"tags":[8634,2224,18343,338,18305],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mideastposts.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}