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Photo tours recommending trails to visit art venues and other sites of interest in different neighborhouds of Amman.
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King Faisal Street #22
Although the bank’s current headquarters are outside al-Balad, this was the original headquarters. The Arab Bank has had a profound impact on the Middle East. Founded by Abdel Hameed Shoman in 1930 in Jerusalem, the Arab Bank was the first private sector financial institution in the Arab world. The headquarters were moved to Amman in 1948 as the result of the war. Today it has the largest Arab banking branch network world-wide, and has helped thousands of Jordanian businesses develop.
The Shoman Foundation, set up in 1978 and funded by the bank, has given grants to support the education of thousands of Arab students at universities abroad, and provides funds to encourage scientific research and increased intellectual cooperation around the Arab world.
(From an official leaflet about the Al-Balad area, Downtown)
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Photo tours recommending trails to visit art venues and other sites of interest in different neighborhouds of Amman.