{{Infobox shopping mall |image=Mecca mall.jpg |caption=Interior of Mecca Mall }} '''Mecca Mall''' is a shopping center on Mecca Street in West Amman, Jordan. It houses international brand clothing and fashion stores, restaurants, cafes, a supermarket, cinemas, a fitness centre, the Jordan International Exhibition Centre (JIEC), and other entertainment facilities including a bowling alley, a children's play area, and an ice rink.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=http://meccamall.jo/about.html |access-date=18 October 2025 |website=Mecca Mall}}</ref><ref name=OBG2007>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YuSY8llhkPQC&pg=PA151 |title=The Report: Emerging Jordan 2007 |page=151 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |year=2007 |accessdate=18 October 2025 |isbn=9781902339740}}</ref><ref name=OBG2011>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmPVOL9_r7MC&pg=PA165 |title=The Report: Jordan 2011 |page=165 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |year=2011 |accessdate=18 October 2025 |isbn=9781907065439}}</ref><ref name=OBG2014>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qtA_CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA128 |title=The Report: Jordan 2014 |page=128 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |year=2014 |accessdate=18 October 2025 |isbn=9781910068144}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Ice and Snow Park in Amman |url=https://www.industrialfrigoice.com/en/news/new-ice-and-snow-park-in-amman |date=9 February 2024 |access-date=18 October 2025 |website=Industrial Frigo Ice}}</ref>
Jordan-based Kurdi Group opened the first two shopping malls in Amman, Abdoun Mall in 2001 followed by the larger Mecca Mall in 2003.<ref name=OBG2007 /><ref name=OBG2011 /><ref name=OBG2014 /> An extension of Mecca Mall was completed in 2006, expanding it to a total area of {{convert|195000|m2}}.<ref name=OBG2007 /><ref name=OBG2014 /> In its early years, the mall was known as the "Baghdad Mall" or the "Iraqi Embassy" because of the number of Iraqis who had fled the 2003 invasion who shopped there.<ref name=OBG2007 /><ref>{{cite journal |last=McDonald |first=Ingrid |journal=The American Scholar |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=6–10 |date=Spring 2006 |title=Letter from Amman: The War Next Door |jstor=41222561}}</ref>
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