Museum of street signs in Jordan inspires visitors to discover future by retracing past

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Museum of street signs in Jordan inspires visitors to discover future by retracing past

STORY: Museum of street signs in Jordan inspires visitors to discover future by retracing past DATELINE: May 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:55 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1 various of the museum 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GHAZI KHATTAB, Founder of "Old Signs of Amman" museum 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): GHAZI KHATTAB, Founder of "Old Signs of Amman" museum 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SABA AHMAD, visitor STORYLINE: Some 1,000 street signs are being exhibited in the "Old Signs of Amman" museum in Jordan. Themed "A journey through time," founder of the museum Ghazi Khattab hoped such street signs could help unfold the history, heritage, and inhabitants of Jordan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GHAZI KHATTAB, Founder of "Old Signs of Amman" museum "People are in more need to enrich their cultural experience through different methods. The museum is like a mirror for the country that reflects what it was in the past." He said the goal of his museum is to save the art and efforts of those calligraphers who contributed to th

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