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<h2class="blog-post-title"dir="auto"><ahref="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/">Azraq Wetland, a Disappearing Oasis</a></h2>
<pclass="blog-post-meta"><timedatetime="2016-09-24T21:28:31+03:00">Sat Sep 24, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon.</h4>
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<p>There’s a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman—in thirty minutes of walking around, I saw birds, snakes, crabs, fish, and even water buffaloes! For thousands of years Azraq was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in recent decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p>
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<h2class="blog-post-title"dir="auto"><ahref="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-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"dir="auto"><ahref="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/">Saint Thaddeus Church in Amman</a></h2>
<pclass="blog-post-meta"><timedatetime="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-Ashrafieh. 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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