Pitching a Tent in Amman
A couple of questions to keep in mind when reading the following article:
1.) Who was keeping count?
2.) Why was this person keeping count?
3.) Do you think the author used the phrase “tent he erected” with much thought?
AMMAN – The Criminal Court has sentenced a 22-year-old man to six years and eight months in prison after convicting him of engaging in consensual sex with a minor in November 2006 in an Amman neighbourhood.
The tribunal declared Khalid I., a Zarqa resident, guilty of engaging in sexual activities with his 17-year-old female relative 83 times in a tent he erected on a main road.
“The defendant and the minor fled together from their homes in Zarqa on November 26 and headed to Amman where they erected a tent and lived together for seven months before the matter was exposed,” the court said.
The defendant had entered a guilty plea in previous court sessions, informing the judges that he committed these acts to force her family to let their daughter marry him.
Valley of the Moon
The second week of July, me and 25 of my closest friends chartered a bus for the four hour trip from Amman to Wadi Rum.
Unfortunately, our arrival in Wadi Rum was the end of the road for my camera battery; so, I didn’t get many pictures. Click on “View All Images” to see the full size slideshow with captions. If you want to see more pictures of Rum check out www.visitjordan.com
