Picturing Jordan

Sharing Jordan with the world — one picture at a time.

Buying Baklava in Amman

Young child smiling and wrapping up baklava in a shop in Amman

Everybody likes baklava!

There’s a shop in Amman’s main market downtown that sells traditional Arabic sweets. I’m not sure who was more excited about this half-kilogram of baklava (which is called “baklawa” in Arabic) — me, or the jovial young Jordanian selling it.

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