Souk Jara. Rainbow Street. Amman. Every Friday through summer.
Fill your car with everyone from the hara (the ‘hood)
Head on down to the Friday Souk Jara.
At the end of Rainbow Street
You’ll have to use your feet
At Souk Jara it’s memnooh for sayarahs (no cars allowed!).
The trendy place to walk in Amman. Okay, the ONLY place to walk in Amman.
Don’t forget to bring some flooss (money)
For a tasty treat or some juice.
My new favorite, Red Lemon,
Serves a smoothie straight from heaven.
If you buy me one I’ll give you a booss (a kiss!).
The glorious Red Lemon!
Meet the author of Diwan Baladna
From hello his book will have had ya
He’s a native son, you see,
Born and raised in this country
Learn his way, so you won’t sound like a hubbla (a goof).
Tony Mike Anqoud and Ahmad Kamal Azaban, author of Diwan Baladna. And a dictionary to follow!
The kids all love Souk Jara. It’s true.
Just ask them and they will tell you
Shar binnat, painted faces
And all the cool places.
There’s so much for them to do.
S’mores and Mores. That favorite campfire dessert at Souk Jara.
The storytellers are on stage and all set.
Their live music beats out any cassette.
The singers in their glory
Link the song with the story
For a performance you won’t soon forget.
Agwa nooooooooo3333333333! Somebody tell me what this means.
You will leave feeling so optimistic
After seeing things that are so artistic.
So many things made by hand
Some simple, some grand.
Some days it’s good to be materialistic!
(Buy something!)
Souk Jara. For accessories and so much more!
The day was great, but it came to an end.
Don’t you worry, it will happen again.
This is no fluke
Every week at the Souk
And don’t forget to bring a friend.
Y’all come back now.
I like your post
and I LOVE the photos! its True Souk Jara is so much fun! Regarding Agwa No3 its Yazan al-Rousan’s (the main singer) nick name its literally translated to the Strongest Kind and its from the street slang dialect you use it when you want to tell a person that he/she are the bees knees… you are Agwa No3 
(does this make sense?)
Glad you liked it! Cool, thanks about the translation. Can I tell people that? Or will i be totally stared out of the room? I guess I’ll try it and see!
you welcome:) and yes you can use it, its popular, hip and I don’t think you’ll run into people who won’t understand it! Cheers!
Like , like like, that you are back!!!
Thanks for the encouragement, Nadia. I like like like it!
Great pics
Thanks, I got them from here and there.
your words are tickling, keep writing……
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come to poets rally if you wish, I have more than 1000 poets going through the rally in 2010-2011, hard to put you on top list unless you stay active and join the rally often,
do love your talent a lot, and wish to have you around.
bless your day.
keep inspiring.
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