# Mango Street

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Not to be confused with [The House on Mango Street](/source/The_House_on_Mango_Street).

**Mango Street** (Arabic: شارع مانجو) is a historic street in the [Jabal Amman](/source/Jabal_Amman) area near downtown [Amman](/source/Amman), [Jordan](/source/Jordan). Officially named *[Omar bin al-Khattab](/source/Umar_ibn_al-Khattab) Street*[1] (Arabic: شارع عمر بن الخطاب), the street derives its nickname from the Mango House, a building on the intersection between Mango and [Rainbow Street](/source/Rainbow_Street). Mango Street has an assortment of historic buildings, many being [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire), and across the street from the [Mango House](/source/Mango_House) is [Al-Mufti House](/source/Al-Mufti_House).[2] Books@Cafe[1] and other locations such as Old View Cafe line the street. According to literature scholar and cultural critic, Suja Sawafta, Mango Street is also home to the famous novelist [Abdulrahman Munif](/source/Abdul_Rahman_Munif)'s childhood home.[3]

## References

1. ["Along Rainbow Street"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100228172422/http://www.roughguides.com/website/Travel/Destination/content/default.aspx?titleid=87&xid=idh540741840_0140). Archived from [the original](http://www.roughguides.com/website/travel/destination/content/default.aspx?titleid=87&xid=idh540741840_0140) on 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2008-05-09.

1. *Old Houses of Jordan*. TURAB.

1. Sawafta, Suja. ["Origin Stories: Tracing Jabra and Munif's Childhood Homes in Bethlehem and Amman"](https://arablit.org/2022/12/14/origin-stories-tracing-jabra-and-munifs-childhoods-in-bethlehem-and-amman/). *ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly*. ArabLit.

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