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Petra's treasury, Wadi Rum's red sands (Mars and Arrakis on film), Lawrence's campaign and Amman street dramas — Jordan is cinema's desert. Start with these ten, then open it on StoryTerra's map.
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Browse 12 books, 9 movies and 1 TV show set in Jordan.
AlRawabi School for Girls
The bullied outcasts at prestigious Al Rawabi School for Girls plot a series of risky takedowns to get back at their tormentors.
Top Gear: Middle East Special
The film predates the Syrian Civil War and involves a 1200-mile (1900 km) road-trip from Erbil International Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan to Bethlehem nominally recreating the journey of the Three Wise Men. Their journey…
Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders
In the heart of the Jordanian desert the ancient city of Petra is full of mysteries. How was this architectural wonder created over 2000 years ago? The technical prowess of Petra an ancient city in southern Jordan which…
Salam Neighbor
Two Americans deliberately head to the edge of war just seven miles from the Syrian border to live among 80000 uprooted refugees in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp.
The Rendezvous
A miss-matched couple embark on a frantic search for the Dead Sea Scroll hidden in the ancient city of Petra.
Enticed
CONSEQUENCE HAUNTS EVERY CHOICEViolet Eden is Grigori - part angel, part human. Her destiny is to protect humans from the vengence of exiled angels.Knowing who to trust is key but, when Grigori reinforcements arrive, it…
Appointment with Death
Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.With only 24…
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick reveals how the strain of militant Islam now raising its banner across Iraq and Syria spread from a remote Jordanian prison with the unwitting aid of American military…
The Remnant
As the battered earth reels under judgments from heaven, Global community leader Nicolae Carpathia tightens the screws on anyone who refuses to proclaim total allegiance to him. He has a million of his enemies just…
May in the Summer
A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her parents’ divorce.
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