Editing Amman (section)

==Culture==

===Museums===
{{See also|Category:Museums in Amman}}
[[File:Jordan Museum.JPG|thumb|right|The Jordan Museum, located near downtown]]

The largest museum in Jordan is [[The Jordan Museum]]. It contains much of the valuable archeological findings in the country,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/scrolling-through-the-millennia-at-the-new-jordan-museum-in-amman| title=Scrolling through the millennia at the new Jordan Museum in Amman| access-date=2015-09-25| date=2014-03-13| work=The National| archive-date=26 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926083840/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/scrolling-through-the-millennia-at-the-new-jordan-museum-in-amman| url-status=live}}</ref> including some of the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]], the Neolithic limestone statues of [[Ayn Ghazal (archaeological site)|'Ain Ghazal]], and a copy of the [[Mesha Stele]]. Other museums include [[the Duke's Diwan]], [[Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts]], [[Jordan Archaeological Museum]], [[The Children's Museum Jordan]], [[The Martyrs' Memorial and Museum]], the [[Royal Automobile Museum]], the [[Prophet Mohammad Museum]], the [[Museum of Parliamentary Life]], the [[Jordan Folklore Museum]], and museums at the [[University of Jordan]].<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KcGcDdi20SwC&pg=PA35| title=Jordan| isbn=978-1-84162-398-6| page=35| publisher=Bradt Travel Guides| year=2012| author=Carole French| access-date=24 August 2017| archive-date=14 January 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114084308/https://books.google.com/books?id=KcGcDdi20SwC&pg=PA35| url-status=live}}</ref>

===Lifestyle===

Amman is considered one of the most liberal cities in the [[Arab world]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.historyofjordan.com/jordan2/jh/collection.php?album=%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86| title=Amman| work=History of Jordan| access-date=25 September 2015| archive-date=5 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104650/http://www.historyofjordan.com/jordan2/jh/collection.php?album=%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86| url-status=live}}</ref> The city has become one of the most popular destinations for expatriates and college students who seek to live, study, or work in the [[Middle East]] or the Arab world in general.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.amideast.org/abroad/programs/jordan/why-jordan-why-amman| title=Why Jordan? Why Amman?| access-date=25 September 2015| publisher=amideast.org| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026030523/https://www.amideast.org/abroad/programs/jordan/why-jordan-why-amman| archive-date=26 October 2018| url-status=dead}}</ref> The city's culinary scene has changed from its [[shawerma|shawarma]] stands and [[falafel]] joints to embrace many popular international restaurants and fast-food outlets such as [[Asian fusion]] restaurants, French [[bistro]]s and Italian [[trattoria]]s. The city has become famous for its fine dining scene among Western expatriates and [[Persian Gulf]] tourists.<ref name=NYTtrav>{{cite news |work= The New York Times |title=A Newly Stylish Amman Asserts Itself |first=Andrew |last=Ferren |date=22 November 2009 |url= http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/travel/22next.html |access-date= 30 March 2010 |archive-date=27 November 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091127181056/http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/travel/22next.html?pagewanted=1 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Souk Jara 4 Jul 2008 (7).JPG|thumb|Souk Jara is one of the most famous outdoor markets managed by the Jabal Amman Residents Association (JARA).]]

Large [[shopping mall]]s were built during the 2000s in Amman, including the [[Mecca Mall]], Abdoun Mall, [[City Mall (Amman)|City Mall]], Al-Baraka Mall, Taj Mall, Zara Shopping Center, Avenue Mall, and [[Abdali Mall]] in Al Abdali.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KcGcDdi20SwC&pg=PA108| title=Jordan| page=108| author=Carole French| publisher=Bradt| year=2012| isbn=9781841623986| access-date=24 August 2017| archive-date=18 May 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518201155/https://books.google.com/books?id=KcGcDdi20SwC&pg=PA108| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Wakalat Street]] ("Agencies Street") is Amman's first pedestrian-only street and carries a lot of name-label clothes. The [[Sweifieh]] area is considered to be the main shopping district of Amman.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://islahnews.net/209994.html| title=اعادة دراسة واقع شارع الوكالات| access-date=25 September 2015| date=3 October 2013| work=Islah News| publisher=islahnews.net| language=ar| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709054705/http://islahnews.net/209994.html| archive-date=9 July 2019| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Nightclubs, music bars and [[Hookah lounge|shisha lounges]] are present across Amman, changing the city's old image as the conservative capital of the kingdom. This burgeoning new nightlife scene is shaped by Jordan's young population.<ref>{{cite news| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215215544/http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/amman-bustles-with-nightlife-shedding-old-image-1913627.html| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/amman-bustles-with-nightlife-shedding-old-image-1913627.html| title= Amman bustles with nightlife, shedding old image |newspaper= [[The Independent]] |archive-date=15 December 2013 | url-status=dead| access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref> In addition to the wide range of drinking and dancing venues on the social circuit of the city's affluent crowd, Amman hosts cultural entertainment events, including the annual Amman Summer Festival. [[Souk Jara]] is a Jordanian weekly [[flea market]] event that occurs every Friday throughout the summer.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/souk-jara-open-9pm-2am-ramadan| title=Souk JARA open from 9&nbsp;pm to 2&nbsp;am in Ramadan| publisher=The Jordan News| date=24 June 2015| work=The Jordan Times| access-date=30 September 2015| archive-date=1 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001195829/http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/souk-jara-open-9pm-2am-ramadan| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Sweifieh]] is considered to be the unofficial red-light district of Amman as it holds most of the city's nightclubs, bars.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://country-stats.com/en/countries/asia/jordan/10185-jordan-politics.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305053911/http://country-stats.com/en/countries/asia/jordan/10185-jordan-politics.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=5 March 2016| title=Jordan – Politics| access-date=29 September 2015| work=country-stats.com}}</ref> Jabal Amman and [[Jabal al-Luweibdeh]] are home to many pubs and bars as well, making the area popular among bar hoppers.<ref name=NYTtrav/>

Alcohol is widely available in restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and supermarkets.<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5x2pJuvWeOQC&pg=PA77| title=Jordan| author1=Anthony Ham| author2=Paul Greenway| year=2003| isbn=978-1-74059-165-2| page=77| publisher=[[Lonely Planet]]| access-date=24 August 2017| archive-date=18 October 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018104900/https://books.google.com/books?id=5x2pJuvWeOQC&pg=PA77| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| url=https://archive.org/details/jordan0000tell| url-access=registration| title=Jordan| author=Matthew Teller|isbn=978-1-85828-740-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/jordan0000tell/page/44 44]| year=2002| publisher=[[Rough Guides]]}}</ref> There are numerous nightclubs and bars across the city, especially in West Amman. {{as of|2011}}, there were 77 registered nightclubs in Jordan (excluding bars and pubs), overwhelmingly located in the capital city.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=11349 | title=3% of Nightclub women are Jordanian &#124; Editor's Choice &#124; Ammon News | publisher=En.ammonnews.net | date=19 January 2011 | access-date=24 November 2013 | archive-date=2 December 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230557/http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=11349#.UpAderQTvow | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, there were 222 registered liquor stores in Amman.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sarayanews.com/index.php?page=article&id=13779|title=الاردن يستورد خمور بقيمة مليونين و(997) الف دينار خلال عام 2008|date=25 September 2009|access-date=23 September 2015|language=ar|publisher=sarayanews.com|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923164449/http://www.sarayanews.com/index.php?page=article&id=13779|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cuisine===
{{See also|Jordanian cuisine}}

Danielle Pergament of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described Ammani cuisine as a product of several cuisines in the region, writing that it combines "the bright vegetables from Lebanon, crunchy falafels from Syria, juicy kebabs from Egypt and, most recently, spicy meat dishes from Jordan's neighbor, Iraq. It's known as the food of the [[Levant]]&nbsp;– an ancient word for the area bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian peninsula. But the food here isn't just the sum of its calories. In this politically, religiously and ethnically fraught corner of the world, it is a symbol of bloodlines and identity."<ref name=NYTcuisine>{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/travel/13choicetables.html | last= Pergament | first= Danielle | title= All the Foods of the Mideast at Its Stable Center | newspaper= [[The New York Times]] | date= 13 January 2008 | access-date= 21 February 2017 | archive-date= 23 June 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170623191059/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/travel/13choicetables.html | url-status= live }}</ref> However, the city's street food scene makes the Ammani cuisine distinctive.<ref name=StFood/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://beamman.com/food-/251-capital-cuisine-a-food-tour-in-amman-jordan-| title=Capital Cuisine – A Food Tour in Amman, Jordan| work=BeAmman.com| access-date=26 September 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926043547/http://beamman.com/food-/251-capital-cuisine-a-food-tour-in-amman-jordan-| archive-date=26 September 2015}}</ref>

===Sports===

Amman-based [[Association football|football]] clubs [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]] and [[Al-Faisaly SC (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]], both former league champions, share one of the most popular rivalries in the local football scene.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.goethe.de/ins/jo/amm/prj/ema/far/jof/enindex.htm| title=Political rivalry overshadows Amman's derby| access-date=25 September 2015| work=Goethe-Institut| archive-date=26 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926031114/http://www.goethe.de/ins/jo/amm/prj/ema/far/jof/enindex.htm| url-status=live}}</ref> Amman hosted the [[2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] along with [[Irbid]] and [[Zarqa]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/amman-municipality-revamping-stadiums-u-17-women%E2%80%99s-world-cup| title=Amman municipality revamping stadiums for U-17 Women's World Cup| access-date=23 September 2015| date=23 July 2015| work=[[The Jordan Times]] |first=Muath |last=Freij | archive-date=23 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923031804/http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/amman-municipality-revamping-stadiums-u-17-women%E2%80%99s-world-cup| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/destination/cities/city=1913/index.html| title=Amman| publisher=[[FIFA]]| access-date=23 September 2015| archive-date=14 December 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214042814/http://www.fifa.com/u17womensworldcup/destination/cities/city=1913/index.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[2007 Asian Athletics Championships]] and more than one edition of the [[IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] were held in the city.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/destination-amman-1| title=Destination Amman| publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]]| date=28 March 2009| access-date=24 September 2015| archive-date=7 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007151918/http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/destination-amman-1| url-status=live}}</ref> Amman also hosts the [[Jordan Rally]], which form part of the [[FIA]] [[World Rally Championship]], becoming one of the largest sporting events ever held in Jordan.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/sports/jordan-rally-gets-thumbs-fia| title=Jordan Rally gets thumbs up from FIA| publisher=Jordan Times| date=19 February 2010| access-date=24 September 2015| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925144348/http://www.jordantimes.com/news/sports/jordan-rally-gets-thumbs-fia| archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>

Amman is home to a growing number of foreign sports such as [[skateboarding]] and [[Rugby football|rugby]]; the latter has two teams based in the city: Amman Citadel Rugby Club and Nomads Rugby Club.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.albawaba.com/sport/jordan-rugby-dubai-sevens-619023| title=Against all odds, Jordan's rugby greats are set to storm the Dubai Sevens| access-date=23 September 2015| date=4 November 2014| archive-date=23 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923055946/http://www.albawaba.com/sport/jordan-rugby-dubai-sevens-619023| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, German non-profit organization [[Make Life Skate Life]] completed construction of the [[7Hills Skatepark]], a 650 square meter concrete skatepark located at [[Samir Rifai]] park in [[Downtown Amman]].<ref>{{citation| url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/02/volunteers-open-jordan-skate-park-150206102827914.html| title=Volunteers open Jordan's first skate park| date=12 February 2015| publisher=Al Jazeera Media Network| work=aljazeera.com| access-date=30 September 2015| archive-date=1 October 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001071615/http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/02/volunteers-open-jordan-skate-park-150206102827914.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

{{wide image|Amman Sport City Panorama.jpg|1025px|align-cap=center|A panoramic view of [[Amman International Stadium]] in the Sport City}}

===Media and music===

The majority of Jordan's radio stations are based in Amman. The first radio station to originate in the city was ''Hunna Amman'' in 1959; it mainly broadcast traditional [[Bedouin]] music.<ref>{{cite book| last=Massad| first=Joseph A.| title=Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan| publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c70NwhRNmosC&pg=PA76| page=76| year=2001| isbn=978-0231123235| access-date=22 September 2015| archive-date=12 May 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512214537/https://books.google.com/books?id=c70NwhRNmosC&pg=PA76| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, Amman Net became the first de facto private radio station to be established in the country, despite private ownership of radio stations being illegal at the time.<ref>{{cite book| last1=Zweiri| first1=Mahjoob| last2=Murphy| first2=Emma C.| title=The New Arab Media: Technology, Image and Perception| publisher=Ithaca Press| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v93Fj7P3uUwC&pg=PA143| page=143| year=2012| isbn=978-0863724176| access-date=22 September 2015| archive-date=20 May 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520103850/https://books.google.com/books?id=v93Fj7P3uUwC&pg=PA143| url-status=live}}</ref> After private ownership was legalized in 2002, several more radio stations were created.<ref>{{cite book| title=The Report: Emerging Jordan 2007| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YuSY8llhkPQC&pg=PA191| publisher=Oxford Business Group| page=184| year=2007| isbn=9781902339740| access-date=22 September 2015| archive-date=6 May 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506130443/https://books.google.com/books?id=YuSY8llhkPQC&pg=PA191| url-status=live}}</ref>

Most Jordanian newspapers and news stations are situated in Amman. Daily newspapers published in Amman include ''[[Alghad]]'',<ref name=alghad>{{cite web |url=http://www.alrai.com |title=الرأي الأردنية &#124; أخبار الأردن والشرق الأوسط والعالم&#124;صحيفة يومية تصدر في عمان الأردن |publisher=Alrai.com |language=ar |access-date=28 November 2012 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904043653/http://www.alrai.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Ad-Dustour (Jordan)|Ad-Dustour]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.addustour.com | language=ar | title=:: جريدة الدستور :: | publisher=Addustour.com | access-date=28 November 2012 | archive-date=8 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808190011/http://www.addustour.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Jordan Times]]'',<ref name=alghad/> and ''[[Al Ra'i (Jordanian newspaper)|Al Ra'i]]'', the most circulated newspaper in the country.<ref name="Journ">{{cite book| last1=Kalyango| first1=Yusuf Jr.| last2=Mould| first2=David H.| title=Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance| publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-IOoBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA78| page=78| year=2014| isbn=978-1137440556| access-date=22 September 2015| archive-date=7 May 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023445/https://books.google.com/books?id=-IOoBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA78| url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, ''Al Ra'i'' was ranked the 5th most popular newspaper in the Arab world by Forbes Middle-East report.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/al-rai-ranks-fifth-among-region%E2%80%99s-online-newspapers| title=Al Rai ranks fifth among region's online newspapers| access-date=30 September 2015| date=30 November 2011| work=The Jordan Times| publisher=The Jordan News| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002000553/http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/al-rai-ranks-fifth-among-region%E2%80%99s-online-newspapers| archive-date=2 October 2015}}</ref> ''[[Al Arab Al Yawm (newspaper)|Al-Arab Al-Yawm]]'' is the only daily pan-Arab newspaper in Jordan. The two most popular Jordanian TV channels, [[Ro'ya TV]] and [[JRTV]], are based in Amman.<ref name="Journ"/>[[File:Amman, Roman Theatre, Jordan.jpg|thumb|right|Celebrations of Amman's centennial in 2009]]

Aside from mainstream [[Arabic pop]], there is a growing independent music scene in the city which includes many bands that have sizable audiences across the [[Arab world]]. Local Ammani bands along with other bands in the [[Middle East]] gather in the Roman Theater during the [[Al-Balad Music Festival]] held annually in August. Music genres of the local bands are diverse, ranging from [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] to [[Arabic Rock]], [[jazz]] and [[rap]]. Performers include [[JadaL]], [[Torabyeh]], [[Bilocate]], [[Akher Zapheer]], [[Autostrad (band)|Autostrad]] and [[El Morabba3]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/culture/the-promise-of-ammans-independent-music-scene_32052| title=The promise of Amman's independent music scene| access-date=23 September 2015| publisher=Your Middle East| date=13 May 2015| archive-date=20 August 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820160855/http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/culture/the-promise-of-ammans-independent-music-scene_32052| url-status=live}}</ref>

===Events===

Many events take place in Amman, including [[Red Bull]]-sponsored events Soundclash and Soapbox race, the second part of [[Jerash Festival]], Al-Balad Music Festival, [[Amman Marathon]], Made in Jordan Festival, Amman Book Festival and [[New Think Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beamman.com/calendar|title=BEAMMAN CALENDAR|access-date=25 September 2015|work=BeAmman.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005190840/http://beamman.com/calendar|archive-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> Venues for such cultural events often include the [[Roman Theater (Amman)|Roman]] and [[Odeon theater (Amman)|Odeon]] Theaters downtown, the [[Ras Al-Ein area|Ras al Ain Hanger]], [[King Hussein Business Park]], Rainbow Theater and Shams Theater, the [[Royal Film Commission – Jordan|Royal Film Commission]], Shoman libraries and [[Darat al Funun]], and the Royal Cultural Center at [[Sports City (Amman)|Sports City]]. In addition to large-scale events and institutional planning, scholars point to [[tactical urbanism]] as a key element of the city's cultural fabric.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tarawneh|first=Deyala|date=17 January 2018|title=Tactical urbanism in Amman; Small practices and big changes.|url=https://www.interiorph.com/architecture/tactical-urbanism-amman-small-practices-big-changes/|access-date=11 December 2020|website=InteriorPH|language=en-US|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010061927/http://www.interiorph.com/architecture/tactical-urbanism-amman-small-practices-big-changes/|url-status=live}}</ref>