Jordan in literature

Collection title

Eyes on Jordan

ID

JRT00205

Source

JRTV (JO)

First broadcast date

1995

Production year

1995

Abstract

The program includes three parts. The first one concerns King Hussein and aviation. His interest, love and career in it. The second part talks about the Hejaz Railway lines which link the worth of Aleppo in Syria to the Medina passing through Jordan. The railway stations and the Idea of its establishment to transport pilgrims in the period of the Ottoman Empire. The third part is about the city of Um Qais which is located north of Jordan, its history and all what novelists and authors wrote about it.

Type

video

Production companies

• Television - Own production

Broadcaster

JRTV - Jordan Television

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• Ben Tallal His Majesty King Hussein

Primary theme

Tourism and cultural sites

Secondary themes

• Landscapes and environment
• Society and way of life
• Society and way of life / Sport and games

Credits / Cast

• Khelifa Isaad - Speaker
• Abou Hamdane Djamel - Author of original work
• AL Djerrah Asma - Speaker
• Ennoussour Ahmed - Director
• Djaber Mohamed - Author of original work

Period of events

• 1995

Map locations

• Jordan - Transjordan Plateau - Amman

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

23m35

Additional information

Photos of his Majesty the King El Hussein and aviation / Airplanes / War planes / The King pioting a plane / Hijaz railway / Trains / Stations / Um Qais