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Move all content to page bundles

This allows me to use Hugo's image resizing to create img srcsets
where the client downloads an appropriate image depending on their
screen size.

I had to go back and find original photos for each of these posts
because Hugo was resizing my already-optimized versions and they
looked horrible. Unfortunately I couldn't find originals for these
posts:
  - aqaba-dirty-disappointing
  - contemporary-arab-design-jrf-showroom
  - eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster
  - no-noise-near-noisy-mosque
  - red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen

Hugo will fall back to looking in the static directory for these.
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description = "An old Syrian man creates jaw dropping, hand-painted wood panel ceilings in Amman."
categories = ["Architecture"]
tags = ["Painting", "Art"]
images = ["/2016/09/DSC_0008.jpg"]
images = ["DSC_0008.jpg"]
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/DSC_0008.jpg" title="A hand-painted floral pattern on wooden panels on the ceiling" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0008.jpg" title="A hand-painted floral pattern on wooden panels on the ceiling" >}}
Another day, another exquisite, hand-painted ceiling in Amman. Just like the [other hand-painted wood ceiling]({{< ref "beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork.md" >}}) I posted about two 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.

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slug = "aqaba-dirty-disappointing"
categories = ["Travel"]
tags = ["Red Sea", "Aqaba"]
images = ["/2016/10/IMG_20161002_131313.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20161002_131313.jpg"]
description = "After a few days in Aqaba you'll be wishing you were stranded on Mars."
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{{< figure src="/2016/10/IMG_20161002_131313.jpg" title="A picturesque view where you can't see the trash on the beach" alt="A picturesque view where you can't see the trash on the beach" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20161002_131313.jpg" title="A picturesque view where you can't see the trash on the beach" alt="A picturesque view where you can't see the trash on the beach" >}}
I'm struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan's southern city by the sea. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually strikingimagine Matt Damon in [*The Martian*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)), but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.

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tags = ["واحة","المناطق الرّطبة"]
categories = ["الطّبيعة"]
description = "A thriving oasis in Jordan's desert is at risk of disappearing."
images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20160924_101454.jpg"]
date = "2020-01-31T17:43:42+02:00"
slug = "azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis"
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" title="نوع من أنواع الواحات المعرّض للاختفاء قريباً" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" title="نوع من أنواع الواحات المعرّض للاختفاء قريباً" >}}
هناك محميّة طبيعيّة رطبة فريدة من نوعها تبعد ساعة ونصف عن عمّان. في ثلاثين دقيقة فقط من التّجوّل، شاهدتُ الطيور والأفاعي وسرطان البحر والأسماك وحتى الجاموس المائي!

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date = "2016-09-24T21:28:31+03:00"
title = "Azraq Wetland, a Disappearing Oasis"
images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20160924_101454.jpg"]
categories = ["Nature"]
tags = ["Wetland", "Oasis"]
slug = "azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis"
aliases = ["/2016/09/azraq-wetland-a-disappearing-oasis/"]
aliases = ["azraq-wetland-a-disappearing-oasis/"]
description = "A thriving oasis in Jordan's desert is at risk of disappearing."
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" title="A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon" alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20160924_101454.jpg" title="A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon" alt="Small lake with bridge and vegetation in the Jordanian desert" >}}
There's a unique wetland nature preserve an hour and a half from Amman. In just 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.

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description = "An old Syrian man creates jaw dropping, hand-painted wood panel ceilings in Amman."
categories = ["Architecture"]
tags = ["Painting", "Art"]
images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160916_174409.jpg"]
images = ["2018-11-20-omar-al-khayam-ceiling.jpg"]
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160916_174409.jpg" title="Beautiful hand-painted wood panels on the ceiling" alt="Beautiful hand-painted wood panels on the ceiling" >}}
{{< figure src="2018-11-20-omar-al-khayam-ceiling.jpg" title="Beautiful hand-painted wood panels on the ceiling" alt="Beautiful hand-painted wood panels on the ceiling" >}}
There's an old Syrian man who does this fantastic hand painting on wood panels in Amman. Three flats in our building have them installed on the ceiling, but this one takes the cake. I'm not sure if it's typical for the region or notthe man was referencing pictures from a Russian art bookbut they are exquisite.

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title = "شِرَاء البَقْلَاوَة في عَمَّان"
slug = "buying-baklava-amman"
images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20160810_160953.jpg"]
categories = ["طعام"]
tags = ["البقلاوة"]
date = "2020-01-31T17:19:30+02:00"
description = "Buying baklava from a jovial young Jordanian at the market in downtown Amman."
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" title="الجَمِيعُ يُحِبُّ البَقْلَاوَة!" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" title="الجَمِيعُ يُحِبُّ البَقْلَاوَة!" >}}
في وَسْط البَلْدَة عمّان هُناك محلّ يقع في السّوق الرّئيسة يبيع الحلويّات العربيّة التّقليديّة.

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categories = ["Food"]
tags = ["Baklava", "Amman"]
description = "Buying baklava from a jovial young Jordanian at the market in downtown Amman."
images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20160810_160953.jpg"]
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" title="Everybody likes baklava!" alt="Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" title="Everybody likes baklava!" alt="Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman" >}}
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 "_baklawa_" in Arabic)me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

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title = "شراء أقمشة بدويّة في عمّان"
date = 2019-06-25T09:08:43+03:00
slug = "buying-bedouin-fabric-amman"
images = ["/2018/08/IMG_20180407_124628.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20180407_124628.jpg"]
description = "This unique and colorful Bedouin fabric is also cheap and durable."
categories = ["التصميم"]
tags = ["عمّان", "بدوي", "قماش"]
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{{< figure src="/2018/08/IMG_20180407_124628.jpg" title="أنسجة بدويّة مُلوّنة للبيع في وسط عمّان" alt="Several reams of colorful fabric stacked vertically in a shop in downtown Amman." >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20180407_124628.jpg" title="أنسجة بدويّة مُلوّنة للبيع في وسط عمّان" alt="Several reams of colorful fabric stacked vertically in a shop in downtown Amman." >}}
كلُّ من تناول كوباً من الشّاي أو تناول طعام [المنسَف](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%81) في وادي رم سرعان ما سيلاحظ النسيج الفريد من نوعهِ الذي يُزيّن الخيام البدويّة التقليديّة في الأردن.

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date = 2020-03-17T15:32:39+02:00
slug = "buying-bedouin-fabric-amman"
images = ["/2018/08/IMG_20180407_124628.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20180407_124628.jpg"]
description = "This unique and colorful Bedouin fabric is also cheap and durable."
categories = ["طرح"]
tags = ["اَمان","بادیه نشینان","پارچه"]
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{{< figure src="/2018/08/IMG_20180407_124628.jpg" title="ردیفهای رنگارنگ از پارچهای بادیه نشینان برای فروش در اَمان" >}}
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هرکسی که در پترا چای نوشیده یا در وادی روم منسف خورده باشد، می تواند به سرعت پارچه بی نظیری را که چادرهای سنتی بادیه نشینان اردن به آن آراسته شده، تشخیص دهد. این طرح های رنگارنگ معمولاً در سراسر شبه جزیره عربستان و فراتر از آن، از سوریه و عراق در شمال تا امارات متحده عربی و عمان در جنوب شرقی استفاده می شود. حتی نوازنده آمریکایی <bdi dir="ltr">Cardi B</bdi> برخی از آنها را در موزیک ویديو ۲۰۱۷ خود نمایش داد بنام <bdi dir="ltr">[Bodak Yellow][1]</bdi>!

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title = "Buying Bedouin Fabric in Amman"
date = 2018-08-19T17:58:43+03:00
slug = "buying-bedouin-fabric-amman"
images = ["/2018/08/IMG_20180407_124628.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20180407_124628.jpg"]
description = "This unique and colorful Bedouin fabric is also cheap and durable."
categories = ["Design"]
tags = ["Amman", "Bedouin", "Fabric"]
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{{< figure src="/2018/08/IMG_20180407_124628.jpg" title="Reams of colorful Bedouin fabric on sale in downtown Amman" alt="Several reams of colorful fabric stacked vertically in a shop in downtown Amman." >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20180407_124628.jpg" title="Reams of colorful Bedouin fabric on sale in downtown Amman" alt="Several reams of colorful fabric stacked vertically in a shop in downtown Amman." >}}
Anyone who has drank tea in Petra or ate [mansaf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansaf) in Wadi Rum will quickly recognize the unique fabric adorning traditional Bedouin tents in Jordan. These colorful designs are commonly used across the Arabian Peninsula and beyond, from Syria and Iraq in the north to the United Arab Emirates and Oman in the southeast. American musician Cardi B even featured some in the 2017 music video for her song [Bodak Yellow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEGccV-NOm8)!

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description = "Picturesque camping in the Dana Biosphere reserve atop Jordan's Rift Valley."
categories = ["Nature"]
tags = ["Camping"]
images = ["/2016/09/DSC_0031.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0031.JPG"]
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/DSC_0031.JPG" title="Just after sunrise at a camp in the Dana Biosphere" alt="Just after sunrise at a camp in the Dana Biosphere" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0031.JPG" title="Just after sunrise at a camp in the Dana Biosphere" alt="Just after sunrise at a camp in the Dana Biosphere" >}}
A few weeks ago I slept in a tent on the cusp of Jordan's Rift Valley. [Wild Jordan](https://wildjordan.com/) 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 [government effort](http://www.rscn.org.jo/) to preserve Jordan's natural spaces.

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title = "النّظَافَةُ مِنَ الإِيمَان"
slug = "cleanliness-comes-from-faith"
date = 2019-04-18T15:37:22+03:00
images = ["/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20161120_143235.jpg"]
description = "جِدَارِيَّة تُنَاشِدُ المُؤْمِنِين في وَسْطِ البَلْدَةِ عَمَّان"
categories = ["إسلام"]
tags = ["جرافيتي", "عمّان"]
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{{< figure src="/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" title="جِدَارِيَّة تُنَاشِدُ المُؤْمِنِين في وَسْطِ البَلْدَةِ عَمَّان" alt="Graffiti with Arabic inscription depicting someone putting trash in a trash can" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" title="جِدَارِيَّة تُنَاشِدُ المُؤْمِنِين في وَسْطِ البَلْدَةِ عَمَّان" alt="Graffiti with Arabic inscription depicting someone putting trash in a trash can" >}}
هُناكَ فِكْرَةٌ شَائِعَة تَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّظافَة جُزْء مُهِمّ في العَقِيدَة الإِسْلَامِيَّة، لَكِنَّك لَنْ تَرَى هذا عِندَما تَمْشِي في شَوَرِاع الأُرْدُن! لَمْ أَرَ أبداً في حَياتِي أَشْخَاصًا يَقُومون بِرَمْيِ أَكْوَاب القَهْوَة والشَّطَائِر المَأْكُول نِصْفها والمَنادِيل الوَرَقِيّة وغَيْر ذَلِك في الشَّارِع في غَايَةِ اللامُبَالاة — وأَحْيانًا في غَايَةِ البَرَاعَة — كما هو الحَال هُنا في الأُرْدُن.

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title = "پاکیزگی از ایمان میاید"
slug = "cleanliness-comes-from-faith"
date = 2020-03-21T09:36:52+02:00
images = ["/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20161120_143235.jpg"]
description = "Graffiti in downtown Amman encourages Jordanians to keep the city clean by appealing to their Muslim faith."
categories = ["اسلام"]
tags = ["دیوارنگاری", "اَمان"]
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{{< figure src="/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" title="نقاشی های دیواری در مرکز شهر امان برای مومنین جذاب مینماید" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" title="نقاشی های دیواری در مرکز شهر امان برای مومنین جذاب مینماید" >}}
این عقیده مرسوم وجود دارد که تمیز بودن بخش مهمی از ایمان اسلامی است، اگر چه شما آن را با قدم زدن در اردن متوجه نمیشوید. من هرگز ندیده ام که مردم لیوان قهوه، ساندویچ های نصفه، دستمال و غیره را در خیابان پرتاب کنند، بی توجه و اغلب اوقات با چنین ظرافتی مانند اینجا در اُردن.

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title = "Cleanliness Comes From Faith"
slug = "cleanliness-comes-from-faith"
date = 2017-07-25T16:15:22+03:00
images = ["/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20161120_143235.jpg"]
description = "Graffiti in downtown Amman encourages Jordanians to keep the city clean by appealing to their Muslim faith."
categories = ["Islam"]
tags = ["Graffiti", "Amman"]
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{{< figure src="/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" title="Graffiti in downtown Amman appeals to the faithful" alt="Graffiti with Arabic inscription depicting someone putting trash in a trash can" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" title="Graffiti in downtown Amman appeals to the faithful" alt="Graffiti with Arabic inscription depicting someone putting trash in a trash can" >}}
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 carelesslyand often times with such <em>finesse</em>as here in Jordan.

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slug = "dome-of-the-rock"
tags = ["لقُدس"]
categories = ["فنّ العمارة"]
images = ["/2017/01/IMG_20170117_083551.jpg", "/2017/01/IMG_20170117_092406.jpg"]
images = ["2017-01-17_083551.jpg", "2017-01-17_092406.jpg"]
description = "The Dome of the Rock is one of Jerusalem's most sacred and beautiful artefacts."
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{{< figure src="/2017/01/IMG_20170117_083551.jpg" title="القُبَّة الذَّهَبِيَّة والبلاط النّابِض بالحياة والخطّ العربيّ الأنيق" >}}
{{< figure src="2017-01-17_083551.jpg" title="القُبَّة الذَّهَبِيَّة والبلاط النّابِض بالحياة والخطّ العربيّ الأنيق" >}}
على الرُّغْمِ من عَدَمِ وُجُودِها فِعْليّاً في الأُردُن، إلا أنَّ فإنَّ [قُبَّةَ الصَّخْرَةِ](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A9) في القُدْس تَقَعُ على مَرْمَى حَجَر مِنْ عَمَّان (أَقْصِدُ التَّوْرِية).
إنّ هذا المَقَام ليس فقط مُتوَّج بِقُبَّةٍ ذَهَبِيَّة، ومُغَطَّى بالبلاط العُثْمَانِيّ النَّابِض بالحَيَاة، ومُزَخْرَف بالخَطِّ العَرَبِيّ الأَنِيق، بَلْ يَفْخر أيضًا بسِيرَةٍ مُدهِشةٍ حول الأَحَقِّيات المُقدّسة التي اِشْتُهِرَ بِهَا.
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{{< figure src="/2017/01/IMG_20170117_092406.jpg" title="قُبّةُ الصَّخْرَة على جَبَلِ الهَيْكَل" >}}
{{< figure src="2017-01-17_092406.jpg" title="قُبّةُ الصَّخْرَة على جَبَلِ الهَيْكَل" >}}
يَقَعُ المقَام—الّذي بُنيَ قَبْلَ 1300 سنة تقريباً—على قِمَّة باحَةٍ مُتَنازَع عليها بِشِدَّة، يُسمّى المقَام بجَبَلِ الهَيْكَلأو «الحَرَم القُدُسِيّ الشَّرِيف» بالعَرَبِيَّة، والّذي يَعُودُ تاريخُهُ إلى الكَنْعَانِيّين قَبْلَ أربعة آلاف سنة—كَما قُلْتُ مُسبقاً: سِيرَة مُدهِشة!

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images = ["/2017/01/IMG_20170117_083551.jpg", "/2017/01/IMG_20170117_092406.jpg"]
images = ["2017-01-17_083551.jpg", "2017-01-17_092406.jpg"]
date = "2020-03-30T17:01:20+03:00"
title = "قبة الصخره"
categories = ["معماری"]
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slug = "dome-of-the-rock"
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{{< figure src="/2017/01/IMG_20170117_083551.jpg" title="گنبد طلایی، کاشی های جذاب و خوشنویسی ظریف عربی" >}}
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در حالی که عملاً در اُردن نیست، [قبة الصخره][1] اورشلیم در واقع فقط در چند قدمی اَمان (مزاح با کلمات) است. این زیارتگاه نه تنها با یک گنبد طلایی پوشانده شده است بلکه پوشیده از کاشی کاری های بسیار زیبا از دوران عثمانی و آراسته به خوشنویسی ظریف عربی است. همچنین مشهور به داشتن یک [رزومه چشمگیر و بلند از مکانهای مقدس است][2].
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این حرم که تقریباً ۱۳۰۰ سال پیش ساخته شده است، در بالای یک مجموعه به نام [کوه معبد][3] («مقره ویژه» به زبان عربی) قرار دارد که چهار هزار سال پیش به کنعانیان برمی گردد — همانطور که گفتم، از یک رزومه چشمگیر برخوردار است!

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title = "The Dome of the Rock"
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{{< figure src="/2017/01/IMG_20170117_083551.jpg" title="Golden dome, vibrant tiles, and elegant Arabic calligraphy" alt="Golden dome, vibrant tiles, and elegant Arabic calligraphy" >}}
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While not _technically_ in Jordan, Jerusalem's [Dome of the Rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock) is basically just a stone's throw away from Amman (pun intended). Not only is this shrine capped with a golden dome, covered in vibrant Ottoman-era tilework, and adorned with elegant Arabic calligraphy, it also boasts an [impressive *résumé* of sacred claims to fame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_Stone).
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The shrine, built nearly 1,300 years ago, stands atop a hotly contested complex called the [Temple Mount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount) ("Noble Sanctuary" in Arabic) that dates back to the Canaanites four thousand years agolike I said, an impressive *résumé*!

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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_162505.jpg" title="Billboard in Amman cautions against using your phone while driving" alt="Billboard in Amman cautions against using your phone while driving" >}}
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I can't even read Arabic but I'm pretty sure that billboard is telling people to *put their fucking phones down while driving*. It's like an epidemic here. I've never seen people look less at the road while driving than here in Amman.

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date = "2019-11-16T17:42:57+02:00"
description = "Emperor Hadrian's Arch in Jerash is uniquely detailed and very well preserved."
images = ["/2017/06/IMG_20170606_101711.jpg"]
images = ["2017-06-06_101711.jpg"]
tags = ["جرش","اليونان","الرومان"]
title = "قوس الإمبراطور هادريان في جرش (قوس النّصر)"
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{{<figure src="/2017/06/IMG_20170606_101711.jpg" title="قوس هادريان يُرحِّب بكم في جرش" >}}
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على ما يبدو أنّ هناك قوسين تمّ بناؤهما حوالي سنة 130 ميلاديّاً تكريماً للإمبراطور الرُّوماني هادريان — أحدهما في [أثينا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%A3%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7)) والآخر في [جرش](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B4)). الأوّل جرت حوله دراسات أكثر بلا شكّ، ولكن هذا الأخير هو الأكثر جمالاً بكلّ موضوعية! رُبّما بسبب لون الحِجَارة في وَضَحِ النّهار، أو المعالم المعماريّة غير التّقليديّة، أو مُجرّد حَجْمه الهَائِل.

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description = "Emperor Hadrian's Arch in Jerash is uniquely detailed and very well preserved."
images = ["/2017/06/IMG_20170606_101711.jpg"]
images = ["2017-06-06_101711.jpg"]
tags = ["جرش", "یونانی", "رومی"]
title = "طاق امپراتور هادریان در جرش"
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{{<figure src="/2017/06/IMG_20170606_101711.jpg" title="طاق هادریان ورود شما را به جرش خوش آمد میگوید" >}}
{{<figure src="2017-06-06_101711.jpg" title="طاق هادریان ورود شما را به جرش خوش آمد میگوید" >}}
ظاهراً دو طاق وجود دارد كه به احترام امپراتور روم هادریان — یكی در [آتن](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Hadrian_(Athens)) و دیگری در [جراش](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Hadrian_(Jerash)) — ساخته شده است. اولی بدون شک بیشتر مورد مطالعه قرار گرفته است، اما دومی از نظر عینی زیبایی بیشتری دارد! شاید این بخاطر رنگ سنگ های آن در نور بعد از ظهر، ویژگی های معماری غیر متعارف و یا فقط اندازه بی نظیر آن باشد.

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description = "Emperor Hadrian's Arch in Jerash is uniquely detailed and very well preserved."
images = ["/2017/06/IMG_20170606_101711.jpg"]
images = ["2017-06-06_101711.jpg"]
tags = ["Jerash", "Greek", "Roman"]
title = "Emperor Hadrian's Arch in Jerash"
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{{<figure src="/2017/06/IMG_20170606_101711.jpg" title="The Arch of Hadrian welcomes you to Jerash" alt="The Arch of Hadrian welcomes you to Jerash" >}}
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There are apparently two arches built around 130 CE to honor Roman Emperor Hadrian—one in [Athens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Hadrian_(Athens)) and one in [Jerash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Hadrian_(Jerash)). The former is undoubtedly more studied, but the latter is objectively more beautiful! Maybe it's the color of the stones in the afternoon light, the unconventional architectural features, or just the sheer size of it.

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title = "Gadara's Octagonal Martyrium"
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Nestled on a plateau in the northwestern corner of Jordan lay the ruins of the ancient city of _Gadara_. From this vantage point, just beyond the sleepy town of Umm Qays, you have a spectacular view of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the [Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights][golanheights]. Like many other places in the region, Gadara appeared on the historical record after Alexander the Great's conquest of the Near East in 333 BCE.[^Amal] The city seems to have been mostly destroyed and subsequently abandoned after an earthquake in the eighth century.
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Nevertheless, architectural remnants from the Late Antique period can now be seen thanks to excavation work done by Jordanian and German archaeologists after the site was re-discovered in the early twentieth century. Of all the ruins now unearthed, the octagonal [martyrium][martyrium] is one of the most significant. About the large terrace where the martyrium is currently found, researchers[^Vriezen] say it was completely remodeled from a Roman forum basilica into a Byzantine ecclesiastical compound, with a centralized church, a basilica, and courtyards in the sixth century CE. Martyria such as this were once extremely common in the eastern Mediterranean, though few are still standing today. They were typically used to commemorate a person, a divinity, or an event.[^Grabar]
{{< figure src="/2017/01/IMG_20170117_092406.jpg" title="A martyrium plan remarkably similar to Gadaras" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20170117_092406.jpg" title="A martyrium plan remarkably similar to Gadaras" >}}
The significance of Gadara's octagonal martyrium is the remarkable similarity of its plan to another prominent (although later) building less than 100 kilometers away in Jerusalem: the [Dome of the Rock]({{< relref path="dome-of-the-rock.md" lang="en" >}}). Umayyad caliph [ʿAbd al-Malik][abdalmalik] built the Dome of the Rock near the end of the seventh century and it is one of the firstand finestIslamic monuments in existence. It has a central octagonal plan, a vaulted dome, and an altar featuring a rock (a stone-lined tomb in the case of Gadara[^Amal]), which suggests a commemorative purpose for the building.[^Donner] It is unclear what this building meant to people living in the seventh century, but there is no doubt that an architectural language that was extremely common in the Mediterranean basin in the Late Antique period influenced its construction.[^Grabar]

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images = [
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description = "Petra is not only grander than we suppose, but grander than we can suppose."
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كان [الأنباطُ](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7_(%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8)) قبيلةً أصبحت غَنيّة غِنىً فاحِشاً من تِجَارَةِ اللِّبان والمُرّ والبهارات في شِبْهِ الجَزِيرَة العربيّة مُنذ حوالي أَلْفَي سنة. بَنُوا البَتْرَاء عَاصِمَةً لِحَضارَتِهم المُزْدَهِرَة. الوَاجِهَاتُ الحَجَرِيَّةُ الجَمِيلَة السَّاحِرَة — التي يَبْلُغُ طُولها مِئَة مِتْر — ما زالت سَلِيمةً بِشَكْلٍ مُدْهِشٍ، ومَحْمِيَّةً بشَكْلٍ جَيِّد إلى يَوْمِنَا هذا.

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description = "Петра е не само по-величествена, отколкото предполагаме, но по-величествена отколкото можем да предположим."
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{{< figure src="/2016/12/DSC_0029.JPG" title="„Манастирът“ в Петра се припича на залязващото слънце" alt="„Манастирът“ в Петра се припича на залязващото слънце" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0029.JPG" title="„Манастирът“ в Петра се припича на залязващото слънце" alt="„Манастирът“ в Петра се припича на залязващото слънце" >}}
[Набатеите](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabataeans) са племе, забогатели изключително от търговията на тамян, смирна и подправки на Арабския полуостров преди около 2000 години. Те построили Петра като столица на своята процъфтяваща цивилизация. Призрачно красивите каменни фасади, високи до сто метра, са удивително добре запазени и непокътнати и до днес.

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images = ["/2016/12/DSC_0029.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0029.JPG"]
description = "Petra is not only grander than we suppose, but grander than we can suppose."
categories = ["معماری"]
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{{< figure src="/2016/12/DSC_0029.JPG" title="«صومعه» پترا در نور طلایی درست کمی قبل از غروب آفتاب" >}}
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[نباتائیان][1] قبیله ای بودند که در حدود ۲۰۰۰ سال پیش در تجارت صمغ گیاه کندر، رزین معطر و ادویه جات در شبه جزیره عربستان به ثروت هنگفتی رسیدند. آنها پترا را به عنوان پایتخت تمدن در حال شکوفایی خود ساختند. نمای سنگی بی نهایت زیبای آن که یکصد متر بلندی دارد به طرز حیرت انگیزی تا به امروز دست نخورده مانده و به خوبی حفظ شده است.

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{{< figure src="/2016/12/DSC_0029.JPG" title="Petra's \"monastery\" basking in the golden light just before sunset" alt="Petra's \"monastery\" basking in the golden light just before sunset" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0029.JPG" title="Petra's \"monastery\" basking in the golden light just before sunset" alt="Petra's \"monastery\" basking in the golden light just before sunset" >}}
The [Nabataeans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabataeans) were a tribe who became filthy rich on the trade of frankincense, myrrh, and spices in the Arabian peninsula around 2,000 years ago. They built Petra as the capital of their flourishing civilization. Hauntingly beautiful stone facades standing one hundred meters tall are amazingly intact and well preserved to this day.

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title = "الآثَارُ اليُونَانِيَّة الرُّومَانِيَّة في جرش"
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{{< figure src="/2017/04/DSC_0143.jpg" title="صَفٌّ مِنَ الأَعْمِدَةِ في السَّاحَةِ البَيْضَاوِيَّة في جرش" >}}
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لَقَد أَدَّى مَوْقِعُ الأُرْدُنّ الجُغْرَافي في (الشَّرْقِ الأَدْنى) إلى تَعْرِيض البِلاد إِلى عَشَرَاتِ الحَضَاراتِ عَبْرَ التَّارِيخ.

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date = "2020-03-23T09:44:14+02:00"
title = "ویرانهای یونانی–رومی در جرش"
slug = "greco-roman-ruins-jerash"
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description = "Jerash is the most well-preserved of Jordan's GrecoRoman sites."
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{{< figure src="/2017/04/DSC_0143.jpg" title="ردیف ستون ها در انجمن بیضی جرش" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0143.JPG" title="ردیف ستون ها در انجمن بیضی جرش" >}}
موقعیت اردن در جغرافیای «خاور نزدیک» کشور را در طول تاریخ در معرض ده ها تمدن قرار داده است. تنها در طول سه هزار سال گذشته این منطقه به عنوان نمونه مورد تاخت و تاز پارس ها، یونان ها، ناتاتائیان، رومی ها، بیزانس ها، عرب ها و عثمانی ها قرار گرفته، که نشانها و میراث باقیمانده آن امروزه قابل مشاهده است.

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title = "GrecoRoman Ruins in Jerash"
slug = "greco-roman-ruins-jerash"
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{{< figure src="/2017/04/DSC_0143.jpg" title="Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash" alt="Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0143.JPG" title="Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash" alt="Row of columns at the Oval Forum in Jerash" >}}
Jordan's location in the geographical "near east" has exposed the country to dozens of civilizations over the course of history. Over the last three thousand years alone this region has experienced the coming and going of the Persian, Greek, Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, and Ottomanto name a fewempires, the legacies of which are often still visible today.

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categories = ["فن العمارة"]
images = ["/2018/02/DSC_0005.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0005.JPG"]
description = "Relatively unknown and only slightly less impressive than other sites in the region, Pella is enchanting and has a character of its own."
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في هَذِهِ الأَيّام لا يُوجَد الكَثِير لِرُؤيَتهِ في مَدِينَة بِيلا اليُونانيّة الرُّومانيّة الوَاقِعَة شَمَال غرب الأُردن. مع الأسف، فالآثار القَدِيمَة هُنا تُعانِي مِنْ كَوْنِها أَصْغَر نَوْعاً ما و تَتَلَقَّى رِعايَة أَقَلّ وزِيارتها أَصْعَب مُقارَنةً بالأَطْلَالِ المُشابِهَة لها في [جَرَش]({{< relref path="greco-roman-ruins-jerash.md" lang="en" >}}). مَعَ قليل من الخيال ومع لمحة تاريخية، يَبْدُو كِلا المكانين ساحرَيْن بنفس القَدْر، حتّى أنّ كُلّاً منهما له طابع فريد خاصّ بهِ.

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categories = ["معماری"]
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این روزها چیز زیادی از شهر یونانی – رومی پلا در شمال غربی اردن برای دیدن باقی نمانده. متأسفانه، ویرانه های باستانی در اینجا بخاطر کوچکتر و کمتر حفظ شده بودنش، بازدیدکنندگان کمتری از خرابه های مشابه خودش در [جرش]({{< relref path="greco-roman-ruins-jerash.md" lang="en" >}}) دارد. با این حال، با کمی تخیل و دانش تاریخی، به همان اندازه دلربا هستند و حتی شخصیت منحصر به فردی از خود دارند.

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description = "Relatively unknown and only slightly less impressive than other sites in the region, Pella is enchanting and has a character of its own."
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{{< figure src="/2018/02/DSC_0005.JPG" title="Remains of the classical basilica of Pella" alt="Remains of the classical basilica of Pella" >}}
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These days there isn't much to see of the GrecoRoman city of Pella in northwestern Jordan. Sadly, the ancient ruins here suffer from being slightly smaller, slightly less well-preserved, and slightly less convenient to visit than the similar ruins at [Jerash]({{< ref "greco-roman-ruins-jerash.md" >}}). With a bit of imagination and some historical background, however, they are equally enchanting and even have a unique character of their own.

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تورهای مسافرتی شرکت [Wild Jordan][wildjordan] یک سفر یک روزه مبتکرانه دارد که با پرداخت مبلغی شما را برای چیدن زیتون به مزرعه ای در آجلون میبرد که در آنجا خانواده ای که صاحب مزرعه است به بیرون می آید تا شما را تماشا کند و راهنمایی کند! همانطور که گفتم بسیار مبتکرانه. خالی از شوخی، تفریح بسیار جالبی بود و نکته این است که شما را در مورد برداشت زیتون و اهمیت آن برای مردم منطقه آگاه میسازد.
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برداشت زیتون معمولاً از حدود اکتبر یا نوامبر آغاز می شود. یکی از مهمترین عواملی که تعیین کننده شروع زمان برداشت است باران میباشد زیرا ظاهراً زیتون های مرطوب روغن بیشتری تولید می کنند. علاوه بر روغن زیتون، خود افراد بومی نیز چندین نوع غذا و محصولات بهداشتی از زیتون تهیه می کنند و آنها را از طریق شرکت های متعلق به جامعه محلی به فروش میرسانند که شامل صابون خانگی و بیسکویت میباشد. می توانید [اطلاعات بیشتری در وب سایت Wild Jordan][forestreserve] کسب کنید.

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[Wild Jordan](https://wildjordan.com/) has an ingenious day trip where you pay *them* to take *you* to pick olives on a farm in Ajlounthe family who owns the farm even comes out to watch you and give you tips!Like I said: genius. Jokes aside, it was actually a lot of fun, and the point is to educate you about the olive harvest and its importance to people in the region.
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The olive harvest usually starts around October or November. One of the major factors deciding when exactly to start the harvest is rain, as wet olives apparently produce more oil. In addition to olive oil itself, people in the community make a few food and beauty products from the olives and sell them through community owned and operated enterprises like the Soap House and the Biscuit House. You can [find out more](https://wildjordan.com/content/ajloun-forest-reserve-1) on the Wild Jordan website.

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title = "آثَارٌ رُومَانِيَّةٌ مميزة فِي عَمَّان"
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تَعَرَّضَ الأُردُنُّ نَتِيجَةَ مَوْقِعهِ الجُغْرَافِيِّ في «الشَّرْقِ الأَدْنَى» إلى عَشَرَاتِ الحَضَارَاتِ عَبْرَ التَّارِيخ. فَخِلالَ الثَّلاثَةِ آلافِ سَنَةٍ المَاضِيَةِ وَحْدَهَا، وبِشَكْلٍ مُسْتَمِرٍّ قَدْ وَقَعَتِ المِنْطَقَةُ تَحْتَ حُكْمِ الإِمْبَراطُورِيَّةِ الفَارِسِيَّةِ واليُونَانِيَّةِ والنَّبَطِيَّةِ والرُّومانِيَّةِ والبِيزَنْطِيَّةِ والعَرَبِيَّةِ والعُثْمَانِيَّةِ، ولا يَزَالُ تُراثُ هَذِهِ الحَضَارَاتِ ظَاهِراً حَتَّى اليَوْمِ.

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title = "ویران های نمادین رومی در اَمان"
slug = "iconic-roman-ruins-amman"
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description = "The ruins of the citadel's Roman Temple of Hercules are an icon of Amman."
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{{< figure src="/2020/01/2019-11-01-amman-citadel.jpg" title="ویرانه های معبد رومی هرکول" >}}
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موقعیت جغرافیایی اُردن در «خاور نزدیک» آن را در طول تاریخ در معرض ده ها تمدن قرار داده است. تنها در سه هزار سال گذشته این منطقه به طور ناگهانی تحت امپراتوری های پارسی، یونانی، ناتاتائی، رومی، بیزانس، عربی و عثمانی قرار گرفته است که میراث آن امروزه نیز اغلب قابل مشاهده است.

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title = "Iconic Roman Ruins in Amman"
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{{< figure src="/2020/01/2019-11-01-amman-citadel.jpg" title="The ruins of the Roman Temple of Hercules" >}}
{{< figure src="2019-11-01-amman-citadel.jpg" title="The ruins of the Roman Temple of Hercules" >}}
Jordan's location in the geographical "near east" has exposed it to dozens of civilizations over the course of history. In the last three thousand years alone the region has invariably fallen under the Persian, Greek, Nabataean, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, and Ottoman empires, the legacies of which are often still visible today.

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slug = "kanafeh-classy-palestinian-dessert"
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description = "There is a thing called kanafeh and you must eat it."
categories = ["طعام"]
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date = "2019-08-14T20:41:30+03:00"
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يُخْجِلُني أَنْ أَقُولَ إِنَّ الأَمْرَ قَدِ اِسْتَغْرَقَ مِنِّي شَهْرًا تَقْرِيبًا لِاكْتِشَافِ هَذِهِ الحَلْوَى اللذِيذَة بَعْدَ الاِنْتِقَال إلى الأُرْدُنّ.

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description = "There is a thing called kanafeh and you must eat it."
categories = ["غذا"]
tags = ["کونفه"]
date = "2020-04-02T15:56:59+03:00"
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{{< figure src="/2016/12/IMG_20161127_212229.jpg" title="تکه کمی از کونفه درون رستورانی در اَمان" >}}
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من خجالت میکشم که بگم حدود یکماه از رفتنم به اردن زمان برد تا من این دسر شیرین و پنیری را کشف کنم. اصالتاً از [نابلوس][1]، شهری فلستینی که ظاهراً برای غذاهای متنوع شناخته میشود، [کونفه][2] یکی از چیزهایی است که خیلی سریع آمده نمیشه. برای سفارش دادن این دسر یک مغازه مشهور در مرکز اَمان بنام حبیبا وجود دارد که همیشه یک صف کمی شلوغ دارد که میتواند کمی اضطراب آور باشد مگر اینکه واقعاً بلد باشید چکار بکنید.

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{{< figure src="IMG_20161127_212229.jpg" title="A small portion of kanafeh at a restaurant in Amman" alt="A small portion of kanafeh at a restaurant in Amman" >}}
I'm ashamed to say that it took me almost one month to discover this sweet, cheesy dessert after moving to Jordan. Originally from [Nablus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nablus), a Palestinian city apparently known for "high cuisine," [kanafeh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanafeh) is one of those things that they just can't make fast enough. At one famous shop called Habibah in downtown Amman there is always a line, and it's even a bit stressful ordering there unless you know what you're doing!

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بُنِي [مَسْجِدُ المَلِك حُسَيْن](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86) في عام 2005 وهُو أَكْبر مَسْجِد في الأُرْدُن. لَمْ أَزُرْهُ بَعْد، لَكِنّني أَمْضَيتُ بَعْضَ الأُمْسِيَاتِ أَتَأَمَّلُهُ مِنْ شُرْفَةٍ في حَيِّ خَلْدَا في عَمّان الغَرْبِيّة.

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{{< figure src="/2016/09/DSC_0010.jpg" title="Джамията „Крал Хюсеин“ в Аман през нощта" alt="Джамията „Крал Хюсеин“ в Аман през нощта" >}}
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[Джамията на крал Хюсеин](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Hussein_Mosque) е построена през 2005 г. и е най-голямата в Йордания. Все още не съм я посетил, но съм ѝ се любувал няколко вечери от балкона на апартамент в квартал „Халда“ в Западен Аман.

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{{< figure src="/2016/09/DSC_0010.jpg" title="Amman's King Hussein mosque at night" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0010.JPG" title="Amman's King Hussein mosque at night" >}}
The [King Hussein mosque](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Hussein_Mosque) 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 *Khalda* neighborhood of West Amman.

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description = "Lose yourself in the endless desert expanses of Wadi Rum."
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{{< figure src="DSC_0141.JPG" title="رَجُل بَدَوِيّ مع جِمالٍ في وَادِي رم" alt="Bedouin with camels in Wadi Rum" >}}
قَدْ تَنْسَى نَفْسَكَ بِسُهُولَة — حَرْفِيّاً ومَجَازِيّاً — في الرِّمَال الحَمْرَاءِ التي لا نِهايَة لها، ونَاطِحات السَّحَاب الشَّاهِقَة في وادِي رَم. إنّ هذا المكان المَهِيب، المَعْرُوف لَدَى الإِغْريق والرُّومان، كان مَأْهُولاً بالسُّكَّان مُنذ آلافِ السِّنِين، وهو لا يُشْبِهُ أيّ مَكَان آخَر على الأَرْض. ولَقَدْ ظَهَرت تِلك المَناظِر الطَّبِيعيَّة الفَرِيدَة في مَجْمُوعة من أفلام هوليود، مِثْل [_فيلم لورانس العرب_](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8_(%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85)) و [_فيلم ذا مارشين_](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%8A_(%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85)) (المريخيّ).

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tags = ["وادی روم","بیابان"]
categories = ["طبیعت"]
description = "Lose yourself in the endless desert expanses of Wadi Rum."
images = ["/2017/02/DSC_0141.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0141.JPG"]
date = "2020-03-23T12:13:22+02:00"
slug = "lose-yourself-wadi-rum"
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{{< figure src="/2017/02/DSC_0141.JPG" title="بادیه نشینان شترسوار در وادی روم" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0141.JPG" title="بادیه نشینان شترسوار در وادی روم" >}}
شما به راحتی و به معنای واقعی کلمه به صورت تصویری می توانید خود را در شنزارهای قرمز بی پایان و برج های سنگی وادی روم، گم کنید. این مکان باشکوه که حتی برای یونانیان و رومیان باستان نیز شناخته شده بود، برای هزاران سال محل سکونت بوده و متفاوت از هر مکان دیگری بر روی زمین است. چشم انداز بی نظیر آن در تعدادی انگشت شمار از فیلم های هالیوود به نمایش گذاشته شده است، به عنوان مثال [لارنس عربستان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85)) و [مریخی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DB%8C_(%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85)).

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tags = ["Wadi Rum","Desert"]
categories = ["Nature"]
description = "Lose yourself in the endless desert expanses of Wadi Rum."
images = ["/2017/02/DSC_0141.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0141.JPG"]
date = "2017-03-27T10:30:42+03:00"
slug = "lose-yourself-wadi-rum"
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{{< figure src="/2017/02/DSC_0141.JPG" title="Bedouin with camels in Wadi Rum" alt="Bedouin with camels in Wadi Rum" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0141.JPG" title="Bedouin with camels in Wadi Rum" alt="Bedouin with camels in Wadi Rum" >}}
You could easily lose yourselfboth literally and figurativelyin the endless red sand and towering rock skyscrapers of Wadi Rum. This majestic place, known to even the Greeks and the Romans, has been inhabited for thousands of years and is unlike any other place on Earth. The unique landscape has been featured in a handful of Hollywood movies, for example [_Lawrence of Arabia_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_(film)) and [_The Martian_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)).

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title = "كَنِيسَةُ القِدِّيسِ ثَادْيُوس فِي عَمَّان"
slug = "saint-thaddeus-church-amman"
aliases = ["/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-in-amman/"]
images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20160919_141959.jpg"]
categories = ["العمارة"]
tags = ["كنيسة", "عمّان"]
description = "بِبَسَاطَة هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ المَبَانِي الفَرِيدَةِ فِي عَمَّان"
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" title="بِبَسَاطَة هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ المَبَانِي الفَرِيدَةِ فِي عَمَّان" alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" title="بِبَسَاطَة هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ أَكْثَرِ المَبَانِي الفَرِيدَةِ فِي عَمَّان" alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style" >}}
حَتَّى وَإِنْ فَاقَ عَدَدُ المَسَاجِدِ في عَمَّانَ عَدَدَ الكَنَائِسِ بِعَشْرِ مَرَّاتٍ، فَإِنَّ كَنِيسَةَ القِدِّيس ثَادْيُوس الأَرْمَنِيَّة الرَّسُولِيَّة سَتَظَلُّ بَارِزَة. لَفَتَتْ اِنْتِبَاهِي تِلْكَ الهَنْدَسَةُ المِعْمَارِيَّةُ الفَرِيدَةُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، ومِنْ ثَمَّ شَرَعْتُ بِمُشَاهَدَتِهَا فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ أَلْمَحُ جَبَلَ الأَشْرَفِيَّة. وَبَعْدَ أَسَابِيعٍ مِنَ التَّحْدِيقِ ظَلَلْتُ أَسْأَلُ نَفْسِي "هَلْ هَذِهِ كَنِيسَةٌ أَرْمَنِيَّةٌ؟" وَأَخِيراً ذَهَبْتُ فِي رِحْلَةِ بَحْثٍ عَنِ هذا المكان وَوَجَدْتُهُ.

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title = "Saint Thaddeus Church in Amman"
slug = "saint-thaddeus-church-amman"
aliases = ["/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-in-amman/"]
images = ["/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20160919_141959.jpg"]
categories = ["Architecture"]
tags = ["Church", "Amman"]
description = "Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman."
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{{< figure src="/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" title="Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman" alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style" >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" title="Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman" alt="Armenian church with pointy blue steeple in traditional style" >}}
Even if the number of mosques in Amman *didn't* 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 "*Is that an Armenian church?*" I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.

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title = "كنيسة القديس ثاديوس عند الغروب"
date = 2019-12-08T13:22:43+02:00
slug = "saint-thaddeus-church-sunset"
images = ["/2018/07/IMG_20180707_185402.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20180707_185402.jpg"]
description = "One of the most unique buildings in Amman is even more so at sunset."
categories = ["العمارة"]
tags = ["كنيسة", "عمّان"]
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{{< figure src="/2018/07/IMG_20180707_185402.jpg" title="الكنيسة الأرمنية الأيقونية في جبل الأشرفية عند الغروب" alt="Church in typical Armenian style with pointy blue roof and the city behind it." >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20180707_185402.jpg" title="الكنيسة الأرمنية الأيقونية في جبل الأشرفية عند الغروب" alt="Church in typical Armenian style with pointy blue roof and the city behind it." >}}
بعد فترة وجيزة من انتقالي إلى عمّان [لاحظتُ المبنى المميّز]({{< relref path="saint-thaddeus-church-amman.md" lang="en" >}}) هذا على تلٍّ بعيد جداً، وعزمتُ على أن أذهب في رحلة بحث عن هذا المكان للعثور عليه. المشي من وسط المدينة إلى جبل الأشرفية مليء بالشوارع المُلْتوِية والسّلالم شديدة الانحدار (وبعضها لا يؤدّي إلى أي مكان). حتّى اليوم أعتبر الكنيسة إحدى المعالم المفضّلة لديّ في عمّان، وغالبًا ما أقوم بالرحلة هذه إلى هناك عندما أشعر بأنني أريد القيام ببعض التمارين الرياضية واستكشاف المدينة. أحب أن أفكر في الأمر وكأنّهُ حج — فهو مكان دينيّ في نهاية المطاف!

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title = "کلیسای تادئوس مقدس در غروب آفتاب"
date = 2020-03-18T16:09:43+02:00
slug = "saint-thaddeus-church-sunset"
images = ["/2018/07/IMG_20180707_185402.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20180707_185402.jpg"]
description = "One of the most unique buildings in Amman is even more so at sunset."
categories = ["معماری"]
tags = ["کلیسا", "اَمان"]
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{{< figure src="/2018/07/IMG_20180707_185402.jpg" title="کلیسای نمادین ارمنی در جبل اشرفیه در غروب آفتاب" >}}
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مدت کوتاهی بعد از زندگی در امان [متوجه این ساختمان منحصر]({{< relref path="saint-thaddeus-church-amman.md" lang="en" >}}) به فرد در تپه ای دوردست شدم و برای یافتن آن عازم به نوعی شکار و گشتزنی شدم. مسیر پیاده از مرکز شهر تا جبل اشرفیه مملو از خیابان های پیچ در پیچ و راه پله های شیب دار (که بعضی از آنها به هیچ جا نمی رود) بود. تا به امروز کلیسا یکی از نقاط دیدنی مورد علاقه من در اَمان است و من اغلب وقتی احساس می کنم ورزش و پیادرویی نیاز دارم، به آنجا میروم. من دوست دارم از آن به عنوان یک زیارتگاه فکر کنم — هر چه باشد این یک محل مذهبی است!

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title = "Saint Thaddeus Church at Sunset"
date = 2018-07-17T13:16:43+03:00
slug = "saint-thaddeus-church-sunset"
images = ["/2018/07/IMG_20180707_185402.jpg"]
images = ["IMG_20180707_185402.jpg"]
description = "One of the most unique buildings in Amman is even more so at sunset."
categories = ["Architecture"]
tags = ["Church", "Amman"]
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{{< figure src="/2018/07/IMG_20180707_185402.jpg" title="Iconic Armenian Church in Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh at Sunset" alt="Church in typical Armenian style with pointy blue roof and the city behind it." >}}
{{< figure src="IMG_20180707_185402.jpg" title="Iconic Armenian Church in Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh at Sunset" alt="Church in typical Armenian style with pointy blue roof and the city behind it." >}}
Shortly after moving to Amman [I noticed this unique building]({{< ref "saint-thaddeus-church-amman.md" >}}) on a distant hill and I set out on a sort of scavenger hunt to find it. The walk from downtown to Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh is packed with winding streets and steep staircases (some of which go nowhere). To this day the church is one of my favorite landmarks in Amman and I often make the trek there when I'm feeling like getting some exercise and exploring the city. I like to think of it as a pilgrimageit *is* a religious site after all!

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date = "2020-01-31T15:39:07+02:00"
title = "مَسْجِدُ الشَّيْخِ زَايِد: لُؤْلُؤَةُ العَقَبَة"
images = ["/2016/10/DSC_0024.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0024.JPG"]
slug = "sheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba"
categories = ["عمارة"]
tags = ["العقبة‎", "مسجد"]
description = "The pearl of Aqaba is an elegant white mosque by the sea."
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{{< figure src="/2016/10/DSC_0024.JPG" title="مَسْجِدٌ جَمِيلٌ عَلَى البَحْرِ، مُحَاطٌ بِأَشْجَارِ النَّخِيل" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0024.JPG" title="مَسْجِدٌ جَمِيلٌ عَلَى البَحْرِ، مُحَاطٌ بِأَشْجَارِ النَّخِيل" >}}
أَفْضَلُ طَرِيقَةٍ لِوَصْفِ مَسْجِدِ الشَّيْخ زايد هي أَنَّهُ لُؤْلُؤَةُ العَقَبَة. هُناك الكثير ما تعشقهُ في هذا المسجد الخَلَّاب على الشّاطئ الأردني، لكنَّ جَوْهَرَةُ التَّاجِ — لإكمال التشبيه — هِيَ الخَطّ العربي الذي لا تَشُوبُهُ شَائِبَة، هذا الخَطّ المُرَصَّع على وَاجِهة المَسْجِد.

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date = "2016-10-23T09:06:06+03:00"
title = "Джамията „Шейх Зайед“: Перлата на Акаба"
images = ["/2016/10/DSC_0024.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0024.JPG"]
slug = "sheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba"
description = "Перлата на Акаба е елегантна бяла джамия на морския бряг."
categories = ["Архитектура"]
tags = ["Джамия", "Акаба"]
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{{< figure src="/2016/10/DSC_0024.JPG" title="Красива джамия на морския бряг, заобиколена от палмови дървета" alt="Красива джамия на морския бряг, заобиколена от палмови дървета" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0024.JPG" title="Красива джамия на морския бряг, заобиколена от палмови дървета" alt="Красива джамия на морския бряг, заобиколена от палмови дървета" >}}
Най-добрият начин да се опише джамията „Шейх Зайед“ е „перлата на Акаба“. Тази живописна джамия на йорданския морски бряг впечатлява с красотата си, но „перлата в короната“ — да продължим аналогията — е безупречната арабска калиграфия, инкрустирана на фасадата ѝ. За съжаление, [малко може да се напише за самия град Акаба]({{< ref path="aqaba-dirty-disappointing.md" lang="en" >}}).

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date = "2016-10-11T12:06:06+03:00"
title = "Sheikh Zayed Mosque: the Pearl of Aqaba"
images = ["/2016/10/DSC_0024.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0024.JPG"]
slug = "sheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba"
description = "The pearl of Aqaba is an elegant white mosque by the sea."
categories = ["Architecture"]
tags = ["Mosque", "Aqaba"]
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{{< figure src="/2016/10/DSC_0024.JPG" title="Beautiful mosque by the sea, surrounded by palm trees" alt="Beautiful mosque by the sea, surrounded by palm trees" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0024.JPG" title="Beautiful mosque by the sea, surrounded by palm trees" alt="Beautiful mosque by the sea, surrounded by palm trees" >}}
The best way to describe the Sheikh Zayed mosque would be "the pearl of Aqaba." There is a lot to love about this picturesque mosque by the Jordanian seaside, but its crown jewelto continue the analogyis the impeccable Arabic calligraphy inlaid in its façade. Sadly, Aqaba itself [isn't much to write home about]({{< ref "aqaba-dirty-disappointing.md" >}}).

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tags = ["البحر الميّت"]
categories = ["الطّبيعة"]
images = ["/2017/02/DSC_0052.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0052.JPG"]
description = "Take in the Dead Sea from your personal hammock at the Wadi Mujib chalets."
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{{< figure src="/2017/02/DSC_0052.JPG" title="اِسْتَمْتِع بالمَنْظَرِ على أُرْجُوحَتِك المُرِيحَة" >}}
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إنّ ساحِلَ البَحْرِ الميِّتِ في الأُرْدُنّ هو المكان المِثاليّ للاِبْتِعَادِ عن صَخَبِ وضَجِيجِ عمَّان. إذا كُنتَ تَبْحَثُ عن شَيءٍ أَكْثَر صِحّةً وأَصْغَر حجماً — ناهِيكَ عن أنّهُ أَرْخَص من مُنْتَجَع رَاقِي خَمْس نُجُوم، فلا تَنْظُر إلى ما هو أَبْعَد من (شاليهات [وايلد جوردان](https://wildjordan.com)) في الموجِب.

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tags = ["دریای مرده"]
categories = ["طبیعت"]
description = "Take in the Dead Sea from your personal hammock at the Wadi Mujib chalets."
images = ["/2017/02/DSC_0052.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0052.JPG"]
date = "2020-03-26T15:42:15+02:00"
title = "در کنار دریای مرده در کلبه ای بخوابید"
slug = "sleep-chalet-dead-sea"
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{{< figure src="/2017/02/DSC_0052.JPG" title="از منظره زیبا از درون تخت هَمِک خود لذت ببرید" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0052.JPG" title="از منظره زیبا از درون تخت هَمِک خود لذت ببرید" >}}
ساحل دریای مرده اُردن مکان مناسبی برای دور شدن از ازدحام و شلوغی اَمان است. اگر به دنبال استراحتگاهی کمی سالم تر و مینیمالیستی — و البته ارزان تر — از یک هتل پنج ستاره هستید به دنبال چیز بیشتری جز کلبه های [اُردن وحشی][1] واقع در <bdi dir="ltr">Wadi Mujib</bdi> نباشید.

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tags = ["Dead Sea"]
categories = ["Nature"]
description = "Take in the Dead Sea from your personal hammock at the Wadi Mujib chalets."
images = ["/2017/02/DSC_0052.JPG"]
images = ["DSC_0052.JPG"]
date = "2017-02-15T18:31:28+02:00"
title = "Sleep in a Chalet at the Dead Sea"
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{{< figure src="/2017/02/DSC_0052.JPG" title="Enjoy the view from the comfort of your hammock" alt="Enjoy the view from the comfort of your hammock" >}}
{{< figure src="DSC_0052.JPG" title="Enjoy the view from the comfort of your hammock" alt="Enjoy the view from the comfort of your hammock" >}}
Jordan's Dead Sea coast is the perfect place to get away from the hustle and bustle of Amman. If you're looking for something a little more wholesome and minimalisticnot to mention cheaperthan an elegant five-star resort, look no further than [Wild Jordan's](https://wildjordan.com/) chalets at Wadi Mujib.

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