Published: 2017-10-29 17:10
Last Updated: 2024-03-28 19:41
A “New Amman” city is in the making and Jordanians can’t even.
Since announcing the project last week, Jordanian social media users have been dying to know all the Whats, Whens, Wheres and Whys.
"We found the solution to address several pressing issues in Amman; we will create a new Amman city. This project will be offered for implementation on the basis to build, operate and transfer next year," PM Hani Al Mulki said last Sunday.
Only their questions intensified on Saturday, after Spokesperson of the Jordanian government, Mohammad Momani, revealed that only five people, excluding him, have been trusted with the location of the planned city, which will not be attached to the original Amman.
While we continue to wait for more details to emerge, here are the best (skeptical) reactions to the upcoming project.
خمسة أشخاص بالاردن يعرفوا مكان العاصمة الجديده،،، وباقي الشعب يعرف إنها مسرحيه.#العاصمه_الجديده
— سعد الشهوان (@SaadShahwan88) October 29, 2017
“Five people in Jordan know the location of the New Amman city, while the rest of the nation knows that it’s all but one big performance.”
هي الاردن هالقد كبيرة عشان يخبوا عنا مكان العاصمة الجديدة ؟؟؟؟؟
— إن جود من الموجود (@EnjoodElayan) October 29, 2017
“Is Jordan really THAT big for the government to hide its location from us?”
لا تخلو العاصمة الجديدة تنسيكم أنه في رفعه لأسعار الخبز والمواد الغذائية رح تطلع من بين عيونكم. #لكي_لا_ننسى
— أبو سيرين (@jordanian_voice) October 29, 2017
“Don’t let the New Amman project make you forget about the imminent increase of bread and other commodities’ prices.”
ويبقى اللغز المحيّر من هم الخمسه المبشرين بمعرفة العاصمه الجديده
— YONES. (@yones_kh) October 29, 2017
“The big mystery remains: who are the five Promised Ones who know the location of the New Amman city.”
الباص السريع قعد عشر سنين ولسه ما خلص
— وهبي خليل ابو خضره (@84wahbiabokhadr) October 28, 2017
عالعايش عاد يلحق العاصمه الجديده
“It’s been 10 years since they said they were going to launch the Express Bus project… those alive today won’t live to see the day the New Amman is built.”
“Feed your people first.”
“Yes, a new Amman outside Amman without the Ammanis....”
“Why should the planned city be named Amman?! Amman is ours as it is.”
انا الان عمري ٣٠ سنة
— Zaid Alfred Dayyat (@dayyat23) October 28, 2017
رح الحق اشوف العاصمة الجديدة ؟؟ بس عشان اعرف اهيئ حالي ولا لأ #اسال_الحكومه
“I’m 30-years-old now: will I live to see the New Amman city?”