Al-Azzam: A Garden Covering 24 Dunams and Converting Heritage Buildings into a Hotel, Political Forum, and Museum

Al-Azzam explained, in a press statement to "Al-Rai", that the work on the Tall included the completion of the stairs and the restoration of the old Municipality building and bringing it back to life, as it is almost fully ready, in addition to the removal of warehouses and stables of the unused secondary school and the exchange of land plots with the Ministry of Endowments to prepare an area of about 24 dunams to establish the "Tall Irbid Garden" to be a vital and main center in the city center.

He pointed out that the project includes linking the garden with the surrounding heritage houses such as the Nablusi House, Arrar Square, and the Al-Joudiyyah Alley that were expropriated, in addition to maintaining the remains of the historical Tall. The plans also include the establishment of parking lots on a piece of land owned by the Municipality on Atiyyah Al-Barihani Street and linking it to the garden via a pedestrian bridge, and providing a pedestrian walkway around the garden for walking sports practitioners.

Regarding the rehabilitation of heritage buildings, Al-Azzam announced the launch of a tender for the restoration of "Beit Jumaa" to re-operate it as a heritage hotel managed in cooperation with the Tourism College at Yarmouk University, in addition to converting "Beit Ali Khalqi Al-Sharairi" into a political forum in cooperation with the same university, and studying the conversion of "Hassan Kamel Al-Sabah School" into a museum of popular and heritage life in Irbid.

On the issue of cleanliness and the city's marine environment, Al-Azzam, through "Al-Rai", called on the people and residents of Irbid to cooperate with the Municipality and the workers of the nation who are making great efforts around the clock. He called on citizens to reduce some negative behaviors such as throwing coffee cups on the streets or throwing waste on the central islands planted with trees, confirming that the Municipality is constantly distributing containers and baskets, and that the cleanliness and sustainability of the city is a shared responsibility among everyone.