Evil Eye (Middle East)
Middle East
A blue glass bead charm that reflects the envious gaze before it can cause harm.
Middle East
11 charms from this country
Jordan's charm tradition combines Bedouin heritage with Islamic practice in a landscape shaped by biblical history. The evil eye (ayn) is the central concern — blue glass beads are sewn onto clothing, pinned to babies, and hung from doorways and cars throughout the kingdom. The hand of Fatima and Quranic amulet cases are standard protective jewelry in both urban Amman and rural villages.
Jordanian Bedouin women wear elaborate silver jewelry laden with auspicious motifs: coral beads (for vitality), turquoise (for protection), and coin pendants (for prosperity). The ancient city of Petra — carved by the Nabataeans — was itself a sacred landscape where fortune was sought at divine niches and altars. The blue city of Madaba and the Jordan River carry ancient associations with divine blessing.
Middle East
A blue glass bead charm that reflects the envious gaze before it can cause harm.
Middle East
An open palm amulet warding off the evil eye across Middle Eastern and North African cultures.
Middle East / North Africa
The sacred open palm named for the Prophet Muhammad's daughter, a cornerstone of Islamic protective symbolism.
Iran
The ancient sky-stone of the world's oldest cultures, worn as a charm of protection, communication, and the sacred turquoise bridge between earth and heaven.
Italy
The sea's living architecture, carried as a charm of protective blood-red vitality, ocean blessing, and the communal strength of structures built over generations.
Middle East / North Africa
The sacred number five made physical — a numeral-shaped amulet protecting against the five-fingered evil eye.
Israel
Crystallized salt from the world's saltiest sea, carried for its healing, purifying, and protective mineral power.
Middle East
The crescent moon and star, a symbol of Islamic faith found on mosques, flags, and protective amulets across the Muslim world.
Middle East
Thirty-three or ninety-nine beads used to count the ninety-nine names of Allah and cultivate mindful devotion.
Jordan
A miniature of Jordan's extraordinary Byzantine and Islamic mosaic tradition, carrying patterns of earth, life, and divine beauty.
Middle East / North Africa
A miniature of Islamic architecture's most stunning art form, carrying the protective power of geometric perfection.