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At first glance, Wadi Rum appears almost too vast to hold meaning. A sweeping expanse of sandstone mountains, open sky and deep red sand, it resists containment — geographical, historical or spiritual. Often framed through the language of adventure or cinematic spectacle, Wadi Rum is presented as empty, timeless, untouched. Yet for Muslims, deserts have […]
From the rose-red city of Petra to the lunar landscapes of Wadi Rum and finally the shimmering shores of the Red Sea, a journey through Jordan’s “Golden Triangle” reveals the country at its most spectacular. Travelling south from Amman, we traced a path through desert, mountains and salt plains before arriving in Aqaba, where turquoise […]
As we witness one of the world’s worst atrocities in Gaza, many of us will be wondering whether it is safe to travel to Jordan right now. With Jordan sitting next door to Israel and sharing a land border with the country, it is only natural to feel a level of tension if you have […]
