These are the pictures that tell the story of tearing apart a landmark in this country's heritage. If you want to torture a man who has great passion for the history of Amman, all you have to do is take him to stroll down Jabal Amman and walk around the School that was built in 1947, the "Islamic Scientific College" It's wall once stood tall all around the buildings that constituted the architectural stamp of a different era. Jordan is still young, a country that is less than a hundred years, so when you talk about buildings that are 60 Years old. The first international football field , is no longer there, instead you will find the new buildings in this picture. Some of the most influential people in this country studied behind those thick walls. Including King Hussein, Ministers, Princes, Politicians, Opposition figures and many more. The school's management seems to have a different architectural opinion!! So they started renovating, demolishing, removing struc...
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As only the best built buildings stand the test of time, so it is with wisdom.
Yet Chinese civilization has been around much longer, so I always though that if we instead learned the world according to dead Chinese men maybe things would have been different.
He said:
"ليس في جسمي موضع شبر إلا وفيه طعنة برمح أو ضربة بسيف أو رمية بنبل، وهاأنذا أموت على فراشي كما يموت البعير فلانامت أعين الجبناء
You always strike a nerve, "Do we really believe?"
Bakkouz,
So true...
Khaled,
Welcome to my blog...
Mohannad,
Not exactly, it is about making your enemy act as you wish... without even fighting...
Hani,
The Chinese civilization has alot to offer...
Urduni,
I don't think there is anything wrong with seeking wisdom even if it is inspired by others... Ofcourse, this doesn't mean that we should foresake our own history and values...