https://picturingjordan.com/tags/mosque/ Recent content in Mosque on Picturing Jordan Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:54:07 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/king-hussein-mosque-at-night/ Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:54:07 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/king-hussein-mosque-at-night/ <figure > <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/DSC_0010.jpg" alt="Amman&#39;s King Hussein mosque at night" /> <figcaption> <h4>Amman&#39;s King Hussein mosque at night</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <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> https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/no-noise-near-the-noisy-mosque/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:32:36 +0300 https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/no-noise-near-the-noisy-mosque/ <figure > <img src="https://picturingjordan.com/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&rsquo;t worried about my personal safety I&rsquo;d put up a sign right next to it saying: <em>Please mute your mosque, there is a sleeping Alan 50m away</em>.</p>