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...reckoned he had guided them all through Petra: heads of state, U.N. ambassadors, even royalty. His proudest moment, however, was the day the Iron Lady came to town. "I was selected to show Margaret Thatcher around the site," he says with pride. "What a woman! It was 40C and she still turned up in an immaculate twinset and high heels...
...Nowadays, however, Ali is lucky to be guiding a handful of backpackers, let alone world leaders in inappropriate attire. On a good day, Petra?the ancient city of the Nabataean kingdom that ruled Arabia 2,000 years ago and was, until recently, Jordan's primary tourist attraction?drew 3,000 visitors daily. But that was before Israel erupted in a spate of violence that sent tourists packing region-wide. These days, only a few trickle through the two-kilometer-long narrow, rose-hued stone gorge to emerge, blinking in the sunlight, opposite the Treasury building, a location easily recognizable...
...three-to five-day trips take in the major attractions of Jordan's rich cultural heritage in the context of Lawrence's own journey through the desert to Aqaba. Starting with the mandatory daylong rounds of Petra's historical sights, Lawrence fans hit sacred ground at Wadi Rum. This desolate stretch of desert is home to the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the range of mountains that provided the inspiration for Lawrence's autobiographical epic of the same name. Lawrence loved the stillness and raw, natural beauty of the desert. In the book, he recounts tales of his campaigns against...
STONE SCULPTURE There are so many awe-inspiring architectural delights in Petra that it would be easy to bypass the Monastery, thinking, what's one more building carved into solid rock? But for those willing to take the hour-long trek up 1,000-plus stone steps, the ancient Nabataeans have prepared a wondrous reward. The decorative fa?ade, carved into a solid chunk of yellow sandstone in the 3rd century B.C., rises 45 meters above the ground. If the hike through rock canyons and past stunning vistas is a little tortuous, a small, Bedouin-run caf? offering cold drinks...
Professor of Photography, Becher and his wife Hilla ran a very small but influential class at the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf. Among their other students were Thomas Ruff, Petra Wunderlich, and Andreas Gursky, who was recently featured in a profile by Calvin Tomkins in The New Yorker (January 22, 2001). The Bechers pioneered a type of detached objectivity in their photography. Despite their preference for black and white, Hofer, like many of their other students, has turned to color. This shift relieved Hoferof the burden of developing: in a 1994 interview in the Journal of Contemporary Art, she stated: "I have...