Interview with Ali Al-Hasani

1. How did the idea of Humans of Amman come about?

One day I was looking up pages related to photography on Facebook. I noticed a particular one that grabbed my attention. It was Humans of New York (HONY). I was amazed by the idea, how simple it is. How wonderful it is, and how it reflects souls and brings people closer to each others by telling their stories. Brandon  started HONY and now it's known all over the world. Major cities have similar pages so I went for it and started a page for Amman.

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The hashtag has now grown to a wonderful collection of 13.5 thousand photos of our city & neighboring areas.

Yes, we are getting spammed heavily, but it's ok - we rely on you to keep the good photos coming!

We love all you do for our city, and all the angles you are capturing - Thank you!

This is Amman, this is the city we love.

For this post, the theme is 'on the street' - anything you've captured on our streets.

Keep on Instagraming - your street, your alleys, your viewpoints, your food, your treasures, your favorites!

Amman is a city filled with beautiful sights, views, people, streets and more. We have some brilliant photographers in the city that are capturing its beauty from all angles. We will be featuring a different talented photographer in our "Amman through the lens of" segment every few weeks, stay tuned & give them your love!

مدينة عمان جميلة و غنية بناسها وسكانها، بحاراتها وشوارعها، ومناظرها الجميلة.

وفي عمان مجموعة من المصورين المتميزين ، الذين يبدعون في التقاط هذا الجمال بعدسات كاميراتهم. سنقوم في بعمان بإفراد زاوية خاصة لابداعاتهم. تابعونا و استمتعوا بما سيقدمه لكم مصورينا في زاوية عمان بعدساتهم...

The #BeAmman hashtag on Instagram is super active with over 11 thousand photos of our gorgeous city!

This time we are featuring photos of Amman (and areas around Amman) turning green. Spring is here!

Enjoy them & keep hashtagging #BeAmman on Instagram.

Please remember not to spam us with your self portraits & ads :)

By @farahfoudeh