The pandemic has done what war did not: bring Jordan's vital tourism industry to a halt — and with it, the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers. Like this man and his wife, who now live in a tent because they can no longer afford to pay rent.
Bedouin village elder Ali Mutlaq Salem sits on his roof in the village of Um Sayhoun, on the outskirts of Petra. Salem was born and raised in one of the caves in Petra.Bedouin village elder Ali Mutlaq Salem sits on his roof in the village of Um Sayhoun, on the outskirts of Petra. Salem was born and raised in one of the caves in Petra."We are the people who kept Petra secret for 500 years," says Ali Mutlaq Salem, 61, who was born and raised in one of the caves in Petra.
Salem's eldest son, Rizeq Ali, has an accounting degree, but normally makes a living taking tourists on mountain and desert trips. Seven years ago, when then-President Barack"When he came I prepared a sand bottle with his name and his wife's name Michelle and he was really very nice," he says. They took a photo together and Ali says he told the president to come next time without all the security."He was laughing," he says.
Portraits of Jordan's royal family adorn an empty guard post inside Petra. The site is now watched over by drones.Portraits of Jordan's royal family adorn an empty guard post inside Petra. The site is now watched over by drones.A few miles away in a field with goats and chickens, Ali's cousin, Suleiman Mohammad, sits with his wife in a black goat-hair tent with no running water and no electricity. He has rigged up a car battery to power a light and charge his cellphone.
"We were renting house in a Bedouin village," he says as his wife, Azziza Ali, builds a fire with sticks to make tea."The first month, [the owner] said, 'I don't want any money from you.'"Mohammad says it would have been shameful to stay a second month without paying rent, so they left.
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