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Published: 2008-09-03 14:37:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 712; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 8
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This shot is a part of a series of photographs about Jordanian traders and their trade.In a noisy corner in down town Amman sits this spice shop, you can almost imagine how Arabic food must taste
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In Damascus and Aleppo, there are entire markets that solely sell spices - you can actually smell them blocks away!
I was also told that the old city of Jerusalem used to smell like that before the Arab Israeli conflict but not anymore- apparently itβs completely "touristified"
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Memo to self: Must add Damascus and Aleppo to list of places to visit
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LoL, I always say that if Syria ever opened up to the world in a tourism sense, Jordan would be obliterated- everything we have, they have ten fold! and I mean that quite literally!
I think its safe to say that Jordan and Palestine/Israel take a week to completely cover, whereas Syria and Egypt would probably take three weeks to see!
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Perhaps I'll put all that to the test one day
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Beautiful! One can almost smell the spices! I just somehow want to run my fingers through these, haha. Really lovely photo.
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haha I love doing that with with fresh coffee beans, the feel and the smell are just amazing!
Funny thing is that i don't drink coffee
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Mmm, I bet that's a great feeling.
That is funny! Well, I don't drink coffee either but I just love the smell of it
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ooooh, I love spices! That place must smell wonderful! And I see cardamom- my favorite! Looks like there's various peppers too.
Great shot
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thank you! probably the two best places in the souq are the perfume and spice markets...although the new fabrics alwways smell nice!
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one thing i note is absence of A/C, fans everywhere..
is arabic food really that spicy? i thought indian and mexican had that distinction
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Amman is not really Hot, so we use fans for circulation, besides they are way cheaper and more portable than A/C's.
I wouldn't say that we are "Hot" spicy, its more like we have a wide variety of flavours, because of the spices.
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just what do you put spices into? what does middle eastern cuisine consist of?
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All kinds! Tell you the truth I was planing to ask for you, problem is that I'm only good at eating it 
I can tell you one thing: bread and rice are underlying themes found in all dishes here, come to think of it that an underlying theme in all eastern dishes!
If I get some time I'll put a good answer together for you
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rice eh? rice, wheat and corn are the foundations of civilization. forget philosophy. no food no brain.
thank you for your efforts. i really do want to know more about middle east and all the little everyday things you people do over there. leaders and ideology are not the essense.
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no problem, and that's very true, leaders and ideologies come and go.
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i want to know what you people eat for breakfast and how it varies region by region. breakfast is the most important meal of the day
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very nice. Wish I could smell it...must've been a lovely smell.
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Wonderful, well captured, with the perspective, above and below.
Spice is nice.
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Thank you, Spice is really nice!
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Smells like the old city of Jerusalem, or parts of downtown Haifa.
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