By Tamara Rida

“Warm and hospitable people” – is the most common response I receive whenever I ask foreign friends and acquaintances about their impressions of Jordan. Yet whenever I am asked to describe what Amman is like, to those that have never been there, I find myself lost for words. How can you convey the full flavor of a city so diverse, with such a rich, ancient history, a mixture of cultures, traditions, and distinct character in its different parts? And diverse Amman is indeed.

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By Kariman Mango

Makan is difficult to define. Set up by Ola Al Khalidi in 2003, by her own admission she had no plan and very little money but was driven by the excitement of potential possibilities, and a belief in the need for an art space to support contemporary art in Amman, a city desperate to express itself, but not sure quite where or how to do so. In its 10 years of being, it has become much more than simply an art space and for those of us who have seen it grow and transform the conversation, it is an audacious inspiration.

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Tkiyet Um Ali

We would like to introduce to you, the new Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA).