Amman: Lacking Two Senses, One of Them is Humor………..
“Jordan’s political system makes change difficult. Like many others in the Arab world, it offers a veneer of democracy that in the end yields to one central power, in this case the monarchy.………“What’s lacking in the city is a sense of citizenship,” Mr. Post said. “We have to create a sense of citizenship as well as stewardship.” Jordan has grown with each wave of immigrants — Circassians, Armenians, Lebanese and Palestinians. Later, Jordanians who lived in smaller villages and cities moved to Amman, helping it develop into an economic, political and cultural center. But no matter how many generations later, people rarely identify as being from Amman, many people here said. Developing an urban identity and altering deeply held customs are difficult tasks. Already, though, there have been some small victories……....…”
Okay, what they really need now is that other sense I have been searching for in vain about Jordan: a sense of humor. Unless the humor has been there all along and I just missed it. Maybe I should take a trip to Amman to have a first-hand look. I would love to see a zany old comedy, say a Marx Brothers film or even a Keystone Cops film with a bunch of Jordanians. I want reassurance that I won’t be the only one in the room laughing.
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