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<meta property="twitter:description" content="An old Syrian man creates jaw dropping, hand-painted wood panel ceilings in Amman.">
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<img src="/2016/09/DSC_0008.jpg" alt="A hand-painted floral pattern on wooden panels on the ceiling" />
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<p>Another day, another exquisite, hand-painted ceiling in Amman. Just like the <a href="/2016/09/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork/">other hand-painted wood ceiling</a> I posted about a few weeks ago, the work was done by an old Syrian man. This one is actually in my flat, and I may or may not have taken this picture while laying on my back on the living room floor.</p>
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<p><em>Technical: Nikon D3100, post processed from RAW with <a href="https://www.darktable.org/">darktable</a>.</em></p>
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<p>There&rsquo;s an amazing 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 it was a massive, thriving oasis whose ecological diversity supported human settlements, but in the past few decades it has come dangerously close to drying up due to increased water usage from surrounding cities.</p>
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<p>Learn more about the wetlands on a trip with <a href="http://wildjordan.com/">Wild Jordan</a> or <a href="http://experiencejordan.com/">Experience Jordan</a>, and <em>turn off the water in your shower or sink when you don&rsquo;t need it!</em></p>
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<p>There&rsquo;s an old Syrian man who does this fantastic hand painting on wood panels in Amman. A few flats in our building have them installed on the ceiling, but this one takes the cake. I&rsquo;m not sure if it&rsquo;s typical for the region or not — the man was referencing pictures from a Russian art book — but they are exquisite.</p>
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<i class="fa fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/categories/food" rel="category tag">Food</a>
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/baklawa" rel="tag">Baklawa</a>
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/baklawa" rel="tag">Baklawa</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a>
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<p>There&rsquo;s a shop in one of Amman&rsquo;s downtown markets that sells traditional sweets. I&rsquo;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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<p>A few weeks ago I slept in a tent on the cusp of Jordan&rsquo;s Rift Valley. <a href="http://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&rsquo;s natural spaces.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/dont-whatsapp-and-drive/" title="Don&#39;t WhatsApp and Drive">Don&#39;t WhatsApp and Drive</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-15T14:10:48&#43;03:00">Thu Sep 15, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/whatsapp" rel="tag">WhatsApp</a>, <a href="/tags/driving" rel="tag">Driving</a>
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/whatsapp" rel="tag">WhatsApp</a>, <a href="/tags/driving" rel="tag">Driving</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a>
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<img src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_162505.jpg" alt="Billboard in Amman cautions against using your phone while driving" />
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<p>I can&rsquo;t even read Arabic but I&rsquo;m pretty sure that billboard is telling people to <em>put their fucking phones down while driving</em>. It&rsquo;s like an epidemic here. I&rsquo;ve never seen people look less at the road while driving than here in Amman.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/eid-mubarak-in-your-neighborhood-dumpster/" title="Eid Mubarak in Your Neighborhood Dumpster">Eid Mubarak in Your Neighborhood Dumpster</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-14T09:36:00&#43;03:00">Wed Sep 14, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/eid" rel="tag">Eid</a>, <a href="/tags/sheep" rel="tag">Sheep</a>
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/eid" rel="tag">Eid</a>, <a href="/tags/sheep" rel="tag">Sheep</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a>
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<p>As Muslims around the world are busy wishing each other a blessed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a>, some poor bastard has to clean up this lazily discarded sheep carcass from my local dumpster (note the entrails spilled below). Keep it classy, Jordan.</p>
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<i class="fa fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/categories/architecture" rel="category tag">Architecture</a>
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/mosque" rel="tag">Mosque</a>
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/mosque" rel="tag">Mosque</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a>
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<p>The <a href="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&rsquo;t visited it yet, but I&rsquo;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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<p><em>Technical: Nikon D3100, ten-second exposure time, post processed from RAW with <a href="https://www.darktable.org/">darktable</a>.</em></p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/no-noise-near-the-noisy-mosque/" title="No Noise Near the Noisy Mosque">No Noise Near the Noisy Mosque</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-07T19:32:36&#43;03:00">Wed Sep 07, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/mosque" rel="tag">Mosque</a>, <a href="/tags/noise" rel="tag">Noise</a>
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/mosque" rel="tag">Mosque</a>, <a href="/tags/noise" rel="tag">Noise</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a>
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<p>The irony is rich with this one, because this mosque has a sound system from another planet. If I wasn&rsquo;t worried about my personal safety I&rsquo;d put up a sign right next to it saying: <em>Please mute your mosque, there is a sleeping Alan 50m away</em>.</p>
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<i class="fa fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/categories/architecture" rel="category tag">Architecture</a>
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/church" rel="tag">Church</a>, <a href="/tags/armenia" rel="tag">Armenia</a>
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/church" rel="tag">Church</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a>
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<p>Even if the number number of mosques in Amman <em>didn&rsquo;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 &ldquo;<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>&rdquo; I finally went on an epic scavenger hunt and found it.</p>
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