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<h1 class="blog-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/" rel="home">Picturing Jordan</a></h1>
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<p class="lead blog-description">Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/about/">About</a></h2>
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<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-14T16:33:27+03:00">Wed Sep 14, 2016</time> by Alan Orth</p>
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<p>Alan lived and worked in Kenya for eight years, first as a volunteer teaching computer science at a rural college, and later as a Linux systems administrator at a <a href="https://www.ilri.org">livestock research institute in Nairobi</a>. During his time in Kenya he traveled extensively around East Africa and <a href="https://alaninkenya.org">blogged about his experiences</a>. He is passionate about open-source software, information security, and the freedom of information — naturally, he <a href="https://mjanja.ch">blogs about that too</a>.</p>
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<p>After spending some time living in (and <a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">blogging about</a>) Bulgaria, he finds himself living in Jordan. These are his stories.</p>
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<h4>About</h4>
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<p><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.<br><br><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p>
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<h4>Recent Posts</h4>
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<ol class="list-unstyled">
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<li><a href="/2016/12/grandeur-petra/">The Grandeur of Petra</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/12/kanafeh-classy-palestinian-dessert/">Kanafeh: the Classy Palestinian Dessert</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/11/red-orange-yellow-rice-bab-al-yemen/">Red, Orange, and Yellow Rice at Bab al-Yemen</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/11/harvesting-olives-ajloun/">Harvesting Olives in Ajloun</a></li>
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<li><a href="/2016/11/contemporary-arab-design-jrf-showroom/">Contemporary Arab Design at the Jordan River Foundation Showroom</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://alaninkenya.org">Alan in Kenya</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">English Bulgaria</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://mjanja.ch">Mjanja Tech</a></li>
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