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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> in <span class="fas fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/categories/architecture/" rel="category tag">Architecture</a> <span class="fas fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></span> <a href="/tags/mosque/" rel="tag">Mosque</a>, <a href="/tags/amman/" rel="tag">Amman</a> </p> </header> <figure> <img sizes="(min-width: 35em) 1200px, 100vw" srcset=' https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/king-hussein-mosque-night/DSC_0010_hu6247ac82c844b4dbac538bf97308849e_1004494_480x0_resize_q75_box.JPG 480w, https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/king-hussein-mosque-night/DSC_0010_hu6247ac82c844b4dbac538bf97308849e_1004494_800x0_resize_q75_box.JPG 800w, 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I haven’t visited it yet, but I’ve spent quite a few evenings admiring it from a balcony in the <em>Khalda</em> neighborhood of West Amman.</p> <p><em>Technical: Nikon D3100, ten-second exposure time, post processed from RAW with <a href="https://www.darktable.org/">darktable</a>.</em></p> <h4>Translations</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/ar/2019/12/king-hussein-mosque-night/">ar: مَسْجِدُ المَلِك حُسَيْن في اللَّيْل</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/bg/2016/10/king-hussein-mosque-night/">bg: Джамията „Крал Хюсеин“ през нощта</a> </li> </ul> <hr> <footer> <section> <h4>Share</h4> <nav class="nav sharing-icons"> <a class="nav-item" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f09%2fking-hussein-mosque-night%2f" title="Share on Facebook"><span class="fab fa-facebook-f fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f09%2fking-hussein-mosque-night%2f" title="Share on LinkedIn"><span class="fab fa-linkedin-in fa-2x" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> <a class="nav-item" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3a%2f%2fpicturingjordan.com%2f2016%2f09%2fking-hussein-mosque-night%2f&text=King%20Hussein%20Mosque%20at%20Night" title="Tweet this"><span class="fab fa-twitter fa-2x"></span></a> </nav> </section> </footer> </article> </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. <a href="/about">Read more →</a></p> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Recent Posts</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <li><a href="/2020/04/gadaras-octagonal-martyrium/">Gadara’s Octagonal Martyrium</a></li> <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> </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>