Amman
Amman, the capital of Jordan, is a modern city with numerous ancient ruins. Atop Jabal al-Qala'a hill, the historic Citadel includes the pillars of the Roman Temple of Hercules and the 8th-century Umayyad Palace complex, known for its grand dome. Built into a different downtown hillside, the Roman Theater is a 6,000-capacity, 2nd-century stone amphitheater offering occasional events.
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Saʽid Ḥawwa
Author
Shakeeb Dallal
Politician
Madiha Omar
Iraqi artist
Hussein of Jordan
Former King of Jordan
Moustapha Akkad
Syrian-American film producer
George Habash
Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca
King
Auda Abu Tayi
Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid
Turkish artist
Rima Akkad Monla
Moustapha Akkad's daughter
Ahmad Shukeiri
Former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Abdul Rahman Arif
Former President of Iraq
Irvin Yeaworth
American film director
Çerkes Ethem
Ottoman soldier
Atıf Kaptan
Actor
Ra'ad alHamdani
Ali Al Mofidi
Kuwaiti actor
Samir Ghawshah
Palestinian Politician
Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash
Iraqi scientist
Nazim alKudsi
Syrian Politician
Zaid ibn Shaker
Former Prime Minister of Jordan
Talhat Hamdi
Actor
Ismail Shammout
Palestinian artist
Ja'afar Tuqan
Jordanian-Palestinian architect
Ahmad Toukan
Former Prime Minister of Jordan
Ihsan Abbas
Author
Musa Alami
Politician
Mohammed Ghani Hikmat
Iraqi sculptor
Hasan Karmi
Palestinian linguist
Anis Sayigh
Palestinian historian
Suleiman Nabulsi
Former Prime Minister of Jordan
Sa`id Hawwa
Author
Bahjat Talhouni
Former Prime Minister of Jordan
Habis Majali
Jordanian soldier
Ali H. Nayfeh
Mathematician
Amer Khammash
Political figure
Hussein ibn Nasser
Former Prime Minister of Jordan
Çerkes Ethem (Çerkez Ethem)
Mashour Hadeetha el-Jazi
Abdel Hafez Ka'abneh
Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (Muhammed Nâsırüddin el-Elbânî)
Albanian islamic scholar
Mahmoud El-Gohary
Egyptian footballer
Prince Nayef bin Abdullah
Abdullah I of Jordan's son
Samir Al-Rifai
Political leader
Abdelmunim Al-Rifai
Former Prime Minister of Jordan
Abdelhamid Sharaf
Former Prime Minister of Jordan
Ali Sahli
Former Libyan Foreign Minister
