Jarash

That's why I was not surprised when Jordan's premier music festival, Jarash Festival of Culture and Arts, made a comeback this year.

Hani Almadhoun: Arab Leaders to Youth: You Cannot Find a Job, but You Can Go to a Concert Hani Almadhoun 2011

That's why I was not surprised when Jordan's premier music festival, Jarash Festival of Culture and Arts, made a comeback this year.

Hani Almadhoun: Arab Leaders to Youth: You Cannot Find a Job, but You Can Go to a Concert Hani Almadhoun 2011

But as the youth of Jordan start to get rallied up about their government, and as the protests gain momentum, suddenly the Jarash Festival makes a comeback.

Hani Almadhoun: Arab Leaders to Youth: You Cannot Find a Job, but You Can Go to a Concert Hani Almadhoun 2011

But as the youth of Jordan start to get rallied up about their government, and as the protests gain momentum, suddenly the Jarash Festival makes a comeback.

Hani Almadhoun: Arab Leaders to Youth: You Cannot Find a Job, but You Can Go to a Concert Hani Almadhoun 2011

That's why I was not surprised when Jordan's premier music festival, Jarash Festival of Culture and Arts, made a comeback this year.

Hani Almadhoun: Arab Leaders to Youth: You Cannot Find a Job, but You Can Go to a Concert Hani Almadhoun 2011

But as the youth of Jordan start to get rallied up about their government, and as the protests gain momentum, suddenly the Jarash Festival makes a comeback.

Hani Almadhoun: Arab Leaders to Youth: You Cannot Find a Job, but You Can Go to a Concert Hani Almadhoun 2011

Jarash was built in the days of expansion of the Roman Empire and destroyed by an earthquake nearly 1,300 years ago.

CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2003 2003

We're just going to go here to the north up to Jarash (ph).

CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2003 2003

Jarash was built in the days of expansion of the Roman Empire and destroyed by an earthquake nearly 1,300 years ago.

CNN Transcript Mar 1, 2003 2003

MACVICAR: Looking around the ruins of Jarash, symbol of the once great Romans, Sami Ahmey had some thoughts about the meaning of empire and its lessons for the U.S.

CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2003 2003