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< h2 class = "blog-post-title" dir = "auto" > < a href = "https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/" > Buying Baklava in Amman< / a > < / h2 >
< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2016-09-23T11:15:16+03:00" > Fri Sep 23, 2016< / time > by Alan Orth in
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< h4 > Everybody likes baklava!< / h4 >
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< p > There’ s a shop in Amman’ s main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I’ m not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “ < em > baklawa< / em > ” in Arabic) < / p >
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< h2 class = "blog-post-title" dir = "auto" > < a href = "https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/" > Saint Thaddeus Church in Amman< / a > < / h2 >
< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2016-09-20T14:58:34+03:00" > Tue Sep 20, 2016< / time > by Alan Orth in
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< h4 > Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman< / h4 >
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< p > Even if the number of mosques in Amman < em > didn’ t< / em > outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “ < em > Is that an Armenian church?< / em > ” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.< / p >
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< p class = "blog-post-meta" > < time datetime = "2016-09-19T09:48:23+03:00" > Mon Sep 19, 2016< / time > by Alan Orth in
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< p > A few weeks ago I slept in a tent on the cusp of Jordan’ s Rift Valley. < a href = "https://wildjordan.com/" > Wild Jordan< / a > has regular hiking and camping trips to the reserve and they are very affordable. The staff are friendly and genuinely care about nature conservation. Trips to this and other national parks are part of an impressive < a href = "http://www.rscn.org.jo/" > government effort< / a > to preserve Jordan’ s natural spaces.< / p >
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