Jordan chalks up business success from limestone riches - in pictures

Humble blackboard chalk has created a Jordanian business success story

A worker packages finished chalk into boxes at the Jordan Chalk company in Karak, around 120 kilometres (70 miles) south of the capital Amman on June 13, 2022. - Long before whiteboards, beamers and laptops entered modern school classrooms, teachers relied on the humble, dusty, sometimes screechy blackboard chalk -- a material that has created a Jordanian business success story. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)

A worker packages finished chalk into boxes at the Jordan Chalk company in Karak, around 120 kilometres (70 miles) south of the capital Amman on June 13, 2022. - Long before whiteboards, beamers and laptops entered modern school classrooms, teachers relied on the humble, dusty, sometimes screechy blackboard chalk -- a material that has created a Jordanian business success story. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)

Jul 06, 2022

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