<h2class="blog-post-title"><ahref="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/king-hussein-mosque-at-night/"title="King Hussein Mosque at Night">King Hussein Mosque at Night</a></h2>
<pclass="blog-post-meta"><timedatetime="2016-09-29T11:54:07+03:00">Thu Sep 29, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<h4>Amman's King Hussein mosque at night</h4>
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<p>The <ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Hussein_Mosque">King Hussein mosque</a> was built in 2005 and is the largest mosque in Jordan. I haven’t visited it yet, but I’ve spent quite a few evenings admiring it from a balcony in the <em>Khalda</em> neighborhood of West Amman.</p>
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<h2class="blog-post-title"><ahref="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-in-amman/"title="Buying Baklava in Amman">Buying Baklava in Amman</a></h2>
<pclass="blog-post-meta"><timedatetime="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 one of Amman’s downtown markets that sells traditional sweets. I’m not sure who was more excited about this half kilo of <em>baklawa</em> — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p>
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<h2class="blog-post-title"><ahref="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-in-amman/"title="Saint Thaddeus Church in Amman">Saint Thaddeus Church in Amman</a></h2>
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<h4>Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman</h4>
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<p>Even if the number 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. It caught my eye once a few weeks ago and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafieh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>” I finally went on an epic scavenger hunt and found it.</p>