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The desert is near the Saudi Arabia border and Lawrence of Arabia passed through more than a century ago. Read more: Underground Amman: Exploring Jordan’s little-known hip-hop scene Go diving in ...
Qasr at-Tuba is the southernmost of the Umayyad desert castles in Jordan. Built in 743 CE by Caliph al-Walid II for his sons, al-Hakam and ‘Uthman, [1] it was initially intended to consist of two roughly 70-square-metre (750 sq ft) courtyard dwellings with projecting semicircular decorative towers, but the project was never completed. [2]
The typical desert castle is a compound of various buildings including a substantial main residence along with other buildings such as a hammam (bath-house), storage areas and other agrarian structures (walled areas for animals, dedicated buildings for processing produce such as olive oil), and possibly a mosque, all within a large enclosure.
Jordan: Qasr Bayir (Arabic: قصر بيير), was constructed in 743 AD by Al-Walid II. It is found in the desert of Jordan and it was destroyed in 1931. [15] Qasr Burqu: Jordan: Qasr Burqu' (Arabic: قصر برق), is a set of ruins and an archaeological site in the badia of eastern Jordan and is the site of one of the earliest of the Umayyad ...
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Roya TV's general programming consists of four periods: morning, mid-day, afternoon, and evening; with a greater part of the content based on live shows. [4] In 2012, Deema Hijjawi joined the Roya TV channel, to present a morning cookery program Dunya Ya Dunya .
The Feynan Eco Lodge. Designed by architect Ammar Khammash [20] and located in the Dana Biosphere Reserve, the Feynan Eco Lodge was one of Jordan’s first steps toward ecotourism. It is influenced by desert architecture in arid landscapes and integrates conservation and socio-economic development.