<p>There is a popular notion that cleanliness is an important part of the Islamic faith, though you wouldn't know it from walking around Jordan. I have never seen people throw coffee cups, half-eaten sandwiches, tissues, etc on the street so carelessly—and often times with such <!-- raw HTML omitted -->finesse<!-- raw HTML omitted -->—as here in Jordan.</p>
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<h2class="blog-post-title"dir="auto"><ahref="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen/">Red, Orange, and Yellow Rice at Bab al-Yemen</a></h2>
<pclass="blog-post-meta"><timedatetime="2016-11-27T12:59:44+02:00">Sun Nov 27, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
<p>You haven't lived until you and your friends have eaten seventeen different colors of rice, meat, and sauces while sitting on the floor at the <em>Bab al-Yemen</em> restaurant in Amman. If my experience is anything to go by, every item on the menu is downright delicious—including the humongous, flame-kissed flatbread that would be almost as fascinating to see being made as it was to eat.</p>
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<h2class="blog-post-title"dir="auto"><ahref="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/11/contemporary-arab-design-jrf-showroom/">Contemporary Arab Design at the Jordan River Foundation Showroom</a></h2>
<pclass="blog-post-meta"><timedatetime="2016-11-07T15:28:23+03:00">Mon Nov 07, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
<p>The <ahref="https://jordanriver.jo">Jordan River Foundation</a> has a showroom on Rainbow Street where they <em>brilliantly</em> showcase traditional, everyday objects from the region in a fresh, modern way. It's like someone went and replaced all the things in your grandma's rural kitchen with newer, brightly accented ones. All of the wood, cloth, and clay work here is produced by people in local communities, and, as far as I know, the proceeds from sales go back to supporting them.</p>
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