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<time datetime="2016-09-29T11:54:07+03:00">Thu Sep 29, 2016</time>
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<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>
<p><em>Technical: Nikon D3100, ten-second exposure time, post processed from RAW with <a href="https://www.darktable.org/">darktable</a>.</em></p>

  
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