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Arar
Cultural
House
in
Irbid..
On
a
hill
overlooking
a
historic
street
in
the
city
of
Irbid,
northern
Jordan,
stands
the
“Beit
Arar”
Museum,
which
documents
the
career
and
life
of
the
poet
Mustafa
Wahbi
al-Tall,
known
as
the
“Poet
of
Jordan,”
surrounded
by
tall
trees,
and
embracing
in
its
courtyard
an
ancient
mulberry
tree
that
indicates
prestige
and
nobility.
The
prestige
of
the
poet
and
the
nobility
of
the
place
he
once
lived.
This
house,
whose
space
is
adjacent
to
the
minaret
of
the
mosque
and
the
cross
of
the
church,
forms,
along
with
the
neighboring
houses
and
those
extending
on
both
sides
of
the
old
street,
a
historical
and
cultural
memory
of
the
city.
Arar’s
father,
Saleh
Mustafa
Al-Tall,
built
the
house
in
1888,
in
the
Damascene
style.
At
that
time,
it
consisted
of
only
two
rooms,
and
a
large
courtyard
paved
with
black
volcanic
stone
and
pink-patterned
“Qartian”
stone.
Then,
in
1904,
some
annexes
were
added
to
the
house,
and
it
became
It
consists
of
four
rooms
and
a
spacious
sitting
area
opening
onto
the
front
yard.
The
house
is
distinguished
by
its
traditional
Damascene
flavor,
with
heavy
wooden
doors
fastened
with
nails
in
simple,
elegant
geometric
shapes,
and
the
corridors
that
separate
the
rooms
and
lead
to
the
outdoor
courtyard,
which
gives
the
place
familiarity
with
the
presence
of
jasmine,
basil,
and
lemon
bushes.
The
house
represents
a
feat
of
Arab
architecture
and
the
aesthetics
of
ancient
houses
that
are
closed
from
the
outside
and
open
to
the
interior.
The
doors
and
windows
also
take
the
shape
of
arches
and
are
designed
to
be
of
a
large
size
in
order
to
allow
air
and
sunlight
to
enter
the
rooms
throughout
the
day.
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