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<h1 class="blog-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/" rel="home">Picturing Jordan</a></h1>
<p class="lead blog-description" dir="auto">Sharing Jordan with the worldone picture at a time.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/10/aqaba-dirty-disappointing/">Aqaba is Dirty and Disappointing</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-10-05T10:46:23&#43;03:00">Wed Oct 05, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/red-sea" rel="tag">Red Sea</a>, <a href="/tags/aqaba" rel="tag">Aqaba</a>
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<p>I&rsquo;m struggling to find words to describe my trip to Jordan&rsquo;s coastal city Aqaba. Initially, the contrast between dry desert, rocky mountains, and the turquoise water of the Red Sea is visually strikingimagine Matt Damon in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film)"><em>The Martian</em></a>, but where he goes snorkeling on a coral reef instead of growing potatoes.</p>
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<h2 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&#43;03:00">Thu Sep 29, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&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>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/another-beautiful-hand-painted-ceiling/">Another Beautiful Hand-Painted Wood Ceiling</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-09-26T14:28:23&#43;03:00">Mon Sep 26, 2016</time> by Alan Orth in
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<i class="fa fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></i>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/painting" rel="tag">Painting</a>, <a href="/tags/art" rel="tag">Art</a>
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<p>Another day, another exquisite, hand-painted ceiling in Amman. Just like the <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/beautiful-hand-painted-woodwork/">other hand-painted wood ceiling</a> I posted about two weeks ago, the work was done by an old Syrian man. This one is actually in my flat, and I may or may not have taken this picture while laying on my back on the living room floor.</p>
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<p dir="auto"><em>Picturing Jordan</em>, sharing Jordan with the worldone picture at a time.<br><br><a href="/about">Read more →</a></p>
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<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/">GrecoRoman Ruins of Pella</a></li>
<li><a href="/2017/07/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/">Cleanliness Comes From Faith</a></li>
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