The country hadn’t experienced anything like it in the three decades since their king and queen married – it was wedding fever on a whole different level, an entire nation coming together to celebrate the union of two young people. Days before the ceremony, people put up banners and billboards across the Jordanian capital, Amman, expressing their love and support, and the downtown branch of McDonald’s unfurled a three-storey banner announcing the fast-food chain was “rejoicing in Hussein”. The glittering wedding day was accompanied by a two-day national holiday and the ceremony had its own official logo and hashtag, #Celebrating AlHussein.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2023 07:28 UTC