<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"> <!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags --> <meta property="og:title" content="Picturing Jordan" /> <meta property="og:description" content="Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time." /> <meta property="og:type" content="website" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://picturingjordan.com/" /> <meta property="og:updated_time" content="2016-09-15T14:10:48+03:00"/> <meta itemprop="name" content="Picturing Jordan"> <meta itemprop="description" content="Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time."> <meta name="google-site-verification" content="BAi69DROASu2b2mkVNA_EyUsobfH7Mq8BmSg2Rn-Zp4" /> <meta name="msvalidate.01" content="2CA373095D945D1AA256B1CD8A3DF872" /> <meta name="yandex-verification" content="96b099438f75a04a" /> <meta name="generator" content="Hugo 0.17-DEV" /> <base href="https://picturingjordan.com/"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://picturingjordan.com/"> <title>Picturing Jordan</title> <!-- combined, minified CSS --> <link href="https://picturingjordan.com/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet"> <!-- RSS 2.0 feed --> <link href="https://picturingjordan.com/index.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate"> </head> <body> <div class="blog-masthead"> <div class="container"> <nav class="nav blog-nav"> <a class="nav-link active" href="https://picturingjordan.com/">Home</a> <a class="nav-link" href="https://picturingjordan.com/about/">About</a> </nav> </div> </div> <header class="blog-header"> <div class="container"> <h1 class="blog-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/" rel="home">Picturing Jordan</a></h1> <p class="lead blog-description">Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.</p> </div> </header> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8 blog-main"> <article class="blog-post"> <header> <h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/dont-whatsapp-and-drive/">Don’t WhatsApp and Drive</a></h2> <p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-15T14:10:48+03:00">Thu Sep 15, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in <i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/tags/whatsapp" rel="tag">WhatsApp</a>, <a href="/tags/driving" rel="tag">Driving</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a> </p> </header> <figure > <img src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_162505.jpg" alt="Billboard in Amman cautions against using your phone while driving" /> <figcaption> <h4>Billboard in Amman cautions against using your phone while driving</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>I can’t even read Arabic but I’m pretty sure that billboard is telling people to <em>put their fucking phones down while driving</em>. It’s like an epidemic here. I’ve never seen people look less at the road while driving than here in Amman.</p> <p></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"><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 <i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i> <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> <p></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"><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 <i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i> <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> <p></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/3/" 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 offset-sm-1 blog-sidebar"> <section class="sidebar-module sidebar-module-inset"> <h4>About</h4> <p><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.<br><br><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Recent Posts</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="/2016/10/sheikh-zayed-mosque-pearl-aqaba/">Sheikh Zayed Mosque: the Pearl of Aqaba</a></li> <li><a href="/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/">Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing</a></li> <li><a href="/2016/09/king-hussein-mosque-night/">King Hussein Mosque at Night</a></li> <li><a href="/2016/09/another-beautiful-hand-painted-ceiling/">Another Beautiful Hand-Painted Wood Ceiling</a></li> <li><a href="/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/">Azraq Wetland, a Disappearing Oasis</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> Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. </p> <p> <a href="#">Back to top</a> </p> </footer> </body> </html>