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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> <a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/azraq-wetland-disappearing-oasis/'>Read more →</a> </article> <article class="blog-post"> <header> <h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/">Buying Baklava in Amman</a></h2> <p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-23T11:15:16+03:00">Fri Sep 23, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in <i class="fa fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/categories/food" rel="category tag">Food</a> <i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/tags/baklawa" rel="tag">Baklawa</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a> </p> </header> <figure> <img src="/2016/09/IMG_20160810_160953.jpg" alt="Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman"/> <figcaption> <h4>Everybody likes baklava!</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>There’s a shop in one of Amman’s downtown markets that sells traditional sweets. I’m not sure who was more excited about this half kilo of <em>baklawa</em> — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.</p> <a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/buying-baklava-amman/'>Read more →</a> </article> <article class="blog-post"> <header> <h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/">Saint Thaddeus Church in Amman</a></h2> <p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-20T14:58:34+03:00">Tue Sep 20, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in <i class="fa fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/categories/architecture" rel="category tag">Architecture</a> <i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i> <a href="/tags/church" rel="tag">Church</a>, <a href="/tags/amman" rel="tag">Amman</a> </p> </header> <figure> <img src="/2016/09/IMG_20160919_141959.jpg" alt="Armenian church with pointy steeple"/> <figcaption> <h4>Easily one of the most unique buildings in Amman</h4> </figcaption> </figure> <p>Even if the number of mosques in Amman <em>didn’t</em> outnumber churches by a factor of ten, the Saint Thaddeus Armenian Apostolic church would still stand out. The unique architecture caught my eye once and then I started seeing it every time I glanced at Jabal Al-Ashrafieh. After weeks of squinting and asking myself “<em>Is that an Armenian church?</em>” I finally went on an scavenger hunt and found it.</p> <a href='https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/'>Read more →</a> </article> <nav class="blog-pagination"> <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="/page/6/" rel="prev" role="button">Previous page</a> <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" href="/page/8/" rel="next" role="button">Next page</a> </nav> </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.<br><br><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p> </section> <section class="sidebar-module"> <h4>Recent Posts</h4> <ol class="list-unstyled"> <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> <li><a href="/2017/07/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/">Cleanliness Comes From Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/2017/06/emperor-hadrians-arch-jerash/">Emperor Hadrian’s Arch in Jerash</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 <a rel='license' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license</a>. </p> <p> <a href="#">Back to top</a> </p> </footer> </body> </html>