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Getting to the promised land

April 25, 2015March 12, 2023jdewyze2 Comments

You know you’re in the Middle East when the airport has separate prayer rooms for men and women. And separate in-concourse mosque facilities.

We’re due to board our Royal Jordanian flight to Tel Aviv in an hour.

 

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