https://picturingjordan.com/tags/graffiti/ Recent content in Graffiti on Picturing Jordan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:15:22 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2017/07/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:15:22 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2017/07/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/ <figure> <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2017/07/IMG_20161120_143235.jpg" alt="Graffiti with Arabic inscription depicting someone putting trash in a trash can"/> <figcaption> <h4>Graffiti in downtown Amman appeals to the faithful</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>There is a popular notion that cleanliness is an important part of the Islamic faith, though you wouldn&rsquo;t know it from walking around Jordan. I have never seen people throw coffee cups, half-eaten sandwiches, tissues, etc on the street so carelessly — and often times with such <!-- raw HTML omitted -->finesse<!-- raw HTML omitted --> — as here in Jordan.</p>