I was attending a workshop at the Higher Media Council a few months ago when I saw these old local newspaper pages framed on the walls of the training center. I took some shots with the intention of blogging them, and uploaded them on flickr, but then forgot all about them - until today...
I got an email from someone who is co-owner of the Ramallah Distillery. They have been manufacturing Arak Ramallah since 1919. He said he found this photo accidentally while doing a Google search, and was wondering what newspaper it was from. The internet never seizes to fascinate me :)
The reason this particular part of the newspaper had caught my attention is because it was on the front page, and I was thinking to myself that you couldn't possibly find an advertisement for an alcoholic beverage on the front page of a local newspaper in our day and time. What's interesting about this change is that, while you see more social openness in certain parts of Amman, those who do not subscribe to that have become more judgmental and less capable of accepting the existence of diverse lifestyles. I wasn't around in the 60's and 70's to witness the difference, but available evidence shows that Amman was definitely a more tolerant and more liberal place 30 years ago! (read Roba's post on the "Valley of the Heretics")
I got an email from someone who is co-owner of the Ramallah Distillery. They have been manufacturing Arak Ramallah since 1919. He said he found this photo accidentally while doing a Google search, and was wondering what newspaper it was from. The internet never seizes to fascinate me :)
The reason this particular part of the newspaper had caught my attention is because it was on the front page, and I was thinking to myself that you couldn't possibly find an advertisement for an alcoholic beverage on the front page of a local newspaper in our day and time. What's interesting about this change is that, while you see more social openness in certain parts of Amman, those who do not subscribe to that have become more judgmental and less capable of accepting the existence of diverse lifestyles. I wasn't around in the 60's and 70's to witness the difference, but available evidence shows that Amman was definitely a more tolerant and more liberal place 30 years ago! (read Roba's post on the "Valley of the Heretics")
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Hello,
My name is Michael and i would like to ask you to contact me, i am in need of contacting the ramallah distillery and i would appriciate if you could give me an email or anything else that you might have. Thank you very much, Michael
michael.ginosar@gmail.com
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