The village of Aldissa

Collection title

Our village

ID

JRT00417

Source

JRTV (JO)

First broadcast date

2002

Production year

2002

Abstract

The village of Al Dissa is located South of Jordan, 5 km from the tourist village of Rum. Its inhabitants are mainly bedouin who settled around the Artesian wells. Some became farmers because of the availability of water. The government supplied the village with the necessary services as schools and a health center. A camping site was set up to accommodate tourists from different parts of the world and create job opportunuties.

Type

video

Production companies

• Television - Own production

Broadcaster

JRTV - Jordan Television

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Urbanism and cities

Secondary themes

• Tourism and cultural sites / Tourist sites
• Economy / Agriculture, breeding

Credits / Cast

• Tarawaneh Abdelwahab - Author of original work
• Tarawaneh Abdelwahab - Speaker
• Sawaqid Moukhlis - Director

Period of events

• 1960

Map locations

• Jordan - Arabian desert - South Jordan

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

18m2

Additional information

The village of Al Dissa - desert men - sahara - Rum mountain - artesian wells - schools - health centres - tourists - farms - forests - water