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The '''Jordanian protests''' iswas a series of protests in Jordan that began on January 2011, and resulted in the firing of the cabinet ministers of the government. In its early phase, protests in Jordan were initially against [[unemployment]], [[inflation]],<ref name="nytimesDismissesCabinet">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/world/middleeast/02jordan.html|title=Jordan's King Dismisses Cabinet as Tremors Spread Through Region | work=[[The New York Times]] | first1=Ranya|last1=Kadri|first2=Ethan|last2=Bronner|date=1 February 2011}}</ref> [[corruption]].<ref>[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2011/Dec-02/155857-protesters-demand-saving-jordan-from-corruption.ashx "Protesters demand 'saving' Jordan from corruption"]. ''The Daily Star'' (Lebanon), (2 December 2011).</ref> along with demanding for real [[constitutional monarchy]]<ref name="google1"/> and [[electoral reform]]s.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/jordan/9590706/Thousands-rally-to-demand-reform-in-Jordan.html "Thousands rally to demand reform in Jordan"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'', (5 October 2012).</ref>
 
[[Food inflation]] and salaries were a cause for resentment in the country.<ref name="2feb"/>