Remembering Muhajreen

Neighbourhoods are more than just the streets and buildings that you see, beyond these structures, it is the people and their memories that give these places life. Through the stories of Um Ahmad, we get to know al-Muhajireen neighborhood, her memories of orchards, the spring and the collective tasks done by the neighbourhood women.

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When the Water flowed
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View over al-Muhajireen
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Old and new houses in al-Muhajireen
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YahyaMola holding Amman’s first guidebook from the 50s
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Mohammad al-Fawwaz, who still lives in al-Muhajireen, with his plants at home
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Family portraits from Mohammad al-Fawwaz family photo archive
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Um Salah, the midwife of al-Muhajireen in the old days picnicking with her family
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Mohammad Yazaw, a former resident of al-Muhajireen, playing his accordion
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View of al-Muhajireen are from Jabal al-Joufeh
Photograph by F.E.Matson of the American Colony of Jerusalem. September 11, 1940. Restored by Kelvin Bown.