Feature: First World Cup in Mideast brings business boom, fan fever in Jordan

AMMAN, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- As the first FIFA World Cup held in the Middle East region is raging on in the Gulf Arab country Qatar, coffee shops and sports stores in Jordan's capital Amman, all bedecked with the flags of the participating teams, have witnessed a long-awaited business boom.

"On the first day of the World Cup 2022, our coffee shop was full. The World Cup is a high season for us even though winter is usually a low season for our business," Mahmoud Subhi, a worker at a coffee shop in Amman, told Xinhua.