New Badr: How Does Amman Swallow up Its Green Edges?

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I spent my childhood in the Khalda area when its houses were few and far between, located on the "outskirts of Amman." I remember how farmers would come there in the summer from far away, pitching their tents in the vast open spaces and planting wheat and barley before leaving at the end of the season. I often watched and followed the wild animals, such as foxes, hedgehogs, lizards, hoopoes, and larks. People around us would say it was a remote …