Comments on: Go Yamaan!

By: Landmark achievement « Quite Alone

Landmark achievement « Quite Alone — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:45:08 +0000

[...] in June I blogged about how a tour-guide friend from Jordan, Yamaan Safady, had been shortlisted for a [...]

By: Matthew Teller

Matthew Teller — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:22 +0000

Thanks, Alison – your trip sounds brilliant. So pleased you had such a good time; I loved reading about it. And thanks, Yamaan, for dropping by! Tonight (Oct 13th) is the night: I’ll be meeting Yamaan in London for the big awards ceremony…

By: Yamaan

Yamaan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:39:26 +0000

thank you ALL for such nice words and beautiful support! I can’t wait till Tuesday, its going to be a big night for me… keep your fingers crossed!

Alison, its a beautiful story, my heart was smiling while I was reading it… I’m glad you had such a good time in Jordan… best of luck with your competition!

thanks Matthew for this page :) I greatly appreciate it.

I wish you ALL the very best…

By: Alison Green

Alison Green — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:11:11 +0000

Hello again,

Thanks for alerting us to Yamman’s video….I’ll pass it on. You asked what I saw and enjoyed. Can I direct you to my blog? http://abiteintheneck.blogspot.com/ If you go to ‘archives’ on the right hand side, click on July, then click on ‘a few days in another world’, you can read my account which, in truth, is really hommage to Yamman. I’m thinking of re-writing this into an article for a competition. I’d be really pleased to hear what you think (or anyone else that’s reading it) should you have time. Thanks.

By: Bush

Bush — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:52:57 +0000

Yamaan is absolutely brilliant at what he does with the right passion and dedication one can only wish for in any line of work! I wish him all the best for winning this year’s award!

By: Matthew Teller

Matthew Teller — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:28:21 +0000

Thanks for writing in, Shagufta. Great to hear your story and your kind thoughts!

By: Shagufta Mahjabin

Shagufta Mahjabin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:21:36 +0000

My wishes to Yamaan. I know him from a summer school in UK. He is nice and gentle and passionate about his work. May Allah bless him.

By: Matthew Teller

Matthew Teller — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:45:22 +0000

@jeremy and @alison – thanks so much! Happy you agree.

@alison – Delighted that you chose to post here – but feel free to copy that to Wanderlust magazine – I’m sure they’d be interested to hear your thoughts. Link here. So pleased that you had a good time on your first trip to the region! Tell us more – where did you go, what did you enjoy…?

By: Alison Green

Alison Green — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:33:49 +0000

Just returned from my first ever trip to the Middle East…my holiday to Jordan was a huge learning curve: Yamaan Safady made the experience complete with his wealth of cultural, historical & archaeological knowledge

By: jeremyhead

jeremyhead — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:46:10 +0000

Couldn't agree more. Yamman was my guide for a piece I did for the Independent in 2006. Really smart and great company too.