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Shopping
Most of your common needs can be met in the nearby Suq T'la al-Ali. The shopping street is about 3/4 mile from ACOR. Go up the hill to the top and turn left. At the bottom of the hill, turn right for food, stationery, film, and a dry cleaner. Turn left for the beer/wine/liquor store. For pork products, a wider variety of imported goods and bread, go to Safeway (open 24 hours) (several maps) or Alahlia Abela (open 7 - 11) (Shmeisani map). Abela has a better deli section, and has become the favorite with the expat community, but has no taxi stand. C-Town also offers similar grocery and department store items. Safeway and C-Town have opened additional stores for additional convenience. If your luggage was lost and you need some basics, Safeway is the easiest. For American sized shoes (extra wide and extra narrow) there are several shops in Sweifieh. See particularly the American Outlet Center near Royal Home (Sweifieh map). Sweifieh also has several gold shops (prices about the same as in the gold suq downtown), several hardware stores, at least two fitness centers, and a money changer - a good area to get to know.
Film developing, passport photos: Photo Miro (used by ACOR) in the 7th Circle shopping area, Salem in Green Valley/Um Uthaina and Norma at 3rd Circle have excellent, comprehensive service. Norma offers one hour service for no additional charge. For quick passport photos, go to the Kodak shop just north of the University Mosque.
Istiklal Library in Sweifieh offers the best selection of office supplies, if not the lowest prices. Bookstores are not very common in Jordan. The Philadelphia Bookstore on Wasfi al Tal (Garden Street) across from the mosque has the best selection of English titles. The Jordan Book Company on University Street (north side, east of the University Hospital interchange) is another place to look, particularly for technical works. Dandis Book Shop downtown (Saqf as Sayl Street [the rear street of the downtown suq] across from the housing bank) has probably the best selection of Islamic texts, both classifical and modern, Arabic poetry and history.
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