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    <h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/king-hussein-mosque-night/">King Hussein Mosque at Night</a></h2>
    <p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-29T11:54:07+03:00">Thu Sep 29, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in 
<span class="fas fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></span>&nbsp;<a href="/categories/architecture/" rel="category tag">Architecture</a>


<span class="fas fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></span>&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 class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-26T14:28:23+03:00">Mon Sep 26, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in 
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<span class="fas fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></span>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">Painting</a>, <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">Art</a>

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            <h4>A hand-painted floral pattern on wooden panels on the ceiling</h4>
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<p>Another day, another exquisite, hand-painted ceiling in Amman. Just like the <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork/">other hand-painted wood ceiling</a> 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.</p>
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    <p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-24T21:28:31+03:00">Sat Sep 24, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in 
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<span class="fas fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></span>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/wetland/" rel="tag">Wetland</a>, <a href="/tags/oasis/" rel="tag">Oasis</a>

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            <h4>A one of a kind oasis is at risk of disappearing soon</h4>
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<p>There&rsquo;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.</p>
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