How good is Mayor Omar Maani?
Mayor of Amman, Jordan

• Angelo T (Outside Jordan): He is a great Ambassador for Amman and Jordan, I was there for a festival in Amman, the hospitality and efficiency of his staff was amazing, he is a genuine guy, as a guest to Jordan they assisted in having an amazing cultural festival, I will definetley go back,
• Anon (Outside Jordan): Bringing peace, laughter and accordance to the city of Amman. He truly cares, and respects, and provides to what the people want and deserve!
• Khattab O A Q (Amman): While his vision is great but unfortunately his subordinates lack the understanding, professionalism and discipline to spread the vision towards making Amman a better place, lack of accountability is a major factor and unforeseen grey agendas play an important factor of not promoting the level of Amman.
• Ammani ( Amman): Street numbering; More cultrual events (though sometimes, like Amman Stand up Comedy Festival tickets are out of the reach of most Jordanians; a focus on downtown Amman (but plans appear elitist and may alienate or push aside downtown's traditional users/residents/merchants); encouraging citizens of the city to tell their Amman stories online; additional parks
• Ismail A (Outside Jordan): Mayor Manni is very good at international networking with cities around the world, establishing best practice porograms , travelling, discovering the potencial friendship. He has organized the Arab towns sister cities forum .
• Assil F B (Amman): Amongst many, deciding to upgrade the bus transportation network as well as the facelift he has given Amman in all aspects making it a friendly clean city to live in. Also the incorporation of road name signs and building numbers which was practically non existent in Amman! Also creating oasis of pedestrian areas with a cultural atmosphere for families to enjoy walking and spending the day at especially in the older parts of the city. The Mayoralty of Amman became a very interactive administration and very socially and environmentally aware and involved.
• Rabie A (Amman): Strength of character, sincerity and honesty in work ,is one of the most fundamental principles of any post. Since the time of Omar Maani received by this office there was a radical change in the capital Amman .
Amman Municipality was managed efficiently and effectively as one of the most important government institutions in the country and I think that Omar Maani has gone through more efficient management of the secretariat of Amman Municipality has since its inception .
As I think he is good manager .
• Rita T R (Amman): The opera house. Every cultured city has an opera house. Which make the art , music.... are important issues in our life and it will have a huge impact on our children's life and the coming generation.
• Taghreed (Amman): Combating corruption, the mayor is a man who walks what he talks and much more... He is the historical mayor of the Amman
• Mohammed L (Amman): I'm not saying he's perfect, but for someone who's been living in Amman for 22 years, I can feel the progress he's doing, which isn't an easy thing to do, specially when u have alot of previous shit done by old mayors to fix !!!
• Samira H (Amman): The new numbering of all the buildings an streets
Preserving the esthetic quality of the city by removing the advertizing boards hanged on buildings and making the cleaning of commercial buildings facades mandatory
• Nuran M (Amman): Mayor Maani's vision for Amman to bring it up to the level of world capitals, working step by step on every single field in order to develop Amman, a vision that came in a time where Amman was affected by the property boom so he was the right man in the right place.
• Nadine (Amman): Renewing the old Amman (the old down town) and concentrate on free entertainment for Jordanians.
• Farah H (Amman): The mayor has re-organized the city's street names and numbers... Much clearer and easier to navigat
• Phaedra A-M (Amman): Opening a dialogue between the people and the municipality through conferences which he attends personally encouraging one on one chats and exchanges of opinions.
• Marie H, Amman: Beautification of Amman by forbidding huge bill boards, by creating pedestrian streets and walkable pavements, putting numbers on every house as well as street names
• Hind D, Amman: House numbering system, and street naming.
• Wisam S, Amman: Organize the city and plan it for the first time. Try to breath some new cultural initiatives into the city that aren't your traditional dull folkloric events (like the comedy festival!). Also bringing an aesthetic quality to some previously ugly areas (like the painting and livening up of dull buildings opposite Jabal Amman)
Said M, Amman: Making Amman into a child friendly and Senior Citizen friendly City.
• Mohammad A, Amman: The development of Amman's Master plan
- Removing all the ugly signs from buildings
- Street signage
• Ali S, Amman: He face the corruption around him with patiance and wisdom.
• Ali H, Outside Jordan: The mayor's decision to start, with no precedence in the region in place, a comedy festival in Amman, bringing laughter, joy and hope to a region that so often bears the burden of pain and loss.
• Ghassan R N: Full marks for his efforts to make Amman the cleanest city in the Middle East.
• Samer S J, Amman: Restructuring the Municipality, to make everyone in office account for something. Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) is now more equipped for the 21st Century.
• Dean O. Outside Jordan: Fostering more cultural events such as the Amman Stand up Comedy Festival which took place last December and was the first stand up comedy festival ever in the Middle East. The second annual festival is this December.
• LKS, Amman: The four-phase masterplan.
• Reem A A Z, Amman: Restructure of Greater Amman Municipality; Creating the master plan of Amman; Rehabilitating the city and making it a liveable city; Making the city of Amman a cultural hub; Improving the work conditions for the municipality employees; Creating the outreach programs
• Ali Z K, Amman: Amman Comedy Festival
• Rami J: Making Amman a better place to live in; New Logo for Amman; Streets maintenance; Entertainement activities
• FMK, Amman: First ever masterplan for the city; Urban regenaration projects; Social work