Downtown Amman
Downtown Amman (
.History
The Balad is the
Markets in the Balad were trafficked by Ammanis of all stripes throughout most of the 20th century. This later changed; the area's commercial activity began to be referred to as "popular markets," connoting a perceived demographic shift in the kinds of people frequenting the markets.
Sites
Downtown Amman is made up of a myriad of souq[2] markets and independently-owned businesses, including informal and marginalized economies.[3] As described by anthropologist Ahmad Abu Khalil:
"...within the area there is a concentration of the oldest central markets for vegetables, clothes, and secondhand clothes. The area is a core place for the informal commercial and service sector, via hundreds of street vendors (thousands during the peak time) and a specialized market for the Asian migrant workforce, especially on Friday. This is because it contains much of the secondhand business in Amman, especially that of the furniture sector."[3]
The Al Husseini Mosque is a major local landmark and can be said to divide the Balad into two (West and East).[3]
The area's long history, having been built up over ancient ruins, leaves a large number of historical sites, such as the nearby
See also
- Jabal Amman
- Ras Al-Ein
- The Roman Amphitheater
- Citadel Hill, Amman
- al-Ashrafiya
References
- ^ "Amman". Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ a b "Amman on the Hills". Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ^ a b c d e f Abu Khalil, Ahmad; Vettori, Luca (translator, from original in Arabic) (24 June 2019). "Marginalization Shifts in Downtown Amman: Twenty Years of the Fantasy of Modernization". 7iber | حبر. Archived from the original on 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
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- ^ "VIDEO: GAM excavation projects uncover long-lost Roman archeological sites". en.royanews.tv. Retrieved 2020-12-14.