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It’s like an epidemic here. I’ve never seen people look less at the road while driving than here in Amman.</p> <a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/dont-whatsapp-and-drive/'>Read more →</a> </article> <article class="blog-post"> <header> <h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster/">Eid Mubarak in Your Neighborhood Dumpster</a></h2> <p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-14T09:36:00+03:00">Wed Sep 14, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in <span class="fas fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/tags/eid/" rel="tag">Eid</a>, <a href="/tags/sheep/" rel="tag">Sheep</a>, <a href="/tags/amman/" rel="tag">Amman</a> </p> </header> <figure> <img src="/2016/09/sheep-dumpster-eid-al-adha.jpg" alt="Sheep carcass lazily discarded in neighborhood dumpster"/> <figcaption> <h4>Sheep carcass lazily discarded in neighborhood dumpster</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <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> <a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/eid-mubarak-neighborhood-dumpster/'>Read more →</a> </article> <article class="blog-post"> <header> <h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/no-noise-near-noisy-mosque/">No Noise Near the Noisy Mosque</a></h2> <p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-07T19:32:36+03:00">Wed Sep 07, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in <span class="fas fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/tags/mosque/" rel="tag">Mosque</a>, <a href="/tags/noise/" rel="tag">Noise</a>, <a href="/tags/amman/" rel="tag">Amman</a> </p> </header> <figure> <img src="/2016/09/no-noise-near-mosque.jpg" alt="Sign forbidding sound near mosque on Rainbow Street, Amman"/> <figcaption> <h4>Sign forbidding sound near mosque on Rainbow Street, Amman</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>The irony is rich with this one, because this mosque has a sound system from another planet. If I wasn’t worried about my personal safety I’d put up a sign right next to it saying: <em>Please mute your mosque, there is a sleeping Alan 50m away</em>.</p> <a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/no-noise-near-noisy-mosque/'>Read more →</a> </article> <nav class="blog-pagination"> <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="/page/8/" rel="prev" role="button">Previous page</a> <a class="btn btn-outline-primary disabled" href="#" role="button" aria-disabled="true">Next page</a> </nav> </div> <!-- /.blog-main --> <aside class="col-sm-3 ml-auto blog-sidebar"> <section class="sidebar-module sidebar-module-inset"> <h4>About</h4> <p dir="auto"><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.<!-- raw HTML omitted --><!-- raw HTML omitted --><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Recent Posts</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="/2020/01/iconic-roman-ruins-amman/">Iconic Roman Ruins in Amman</a></li> <li><a href="/2018/08/buying-bedouin-fabric-amman/">Buying Bedouin Fabric in Amman</a></li> <li><a href="/2018/07/saint-thaddeus-church-sunset/">Saint Thaddeus Church at Sunset</a></li> <li><a href="/2018/02/greco-roman-ruins-pella/">Greco–Roman Ruins of Pella</a></li> <li><a href="/2017/07/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/">Cleanliness Comes From Faith</a></li> </ol> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Links</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="https://alaninkenya.org">Alan in Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">English Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="https://mjanja.ch">Mjanja Tech</a></li> </ol> </section> </aside> </div> <!-- /.row --> </div> <!-- /.container --> <footer class="blog-footer"> <p dir="auto"> Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <!-- raw HTML omitted -->Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license<!-- raw HTML omitted -->. </p> <p> <a href="#">Back to top</a> </p> </footer> </body> </html>