Our story

A family story, still being written.

Resheh is a family bookstore in Amman. Two brothers run it, their dad inspired it, and their youngest brother named it, though they'd rather you didn't know that last part.

Resheh bookstore
2019the year we started, online
11,500+titles on the site, Arabic and English
30+publishers we work with, here and abroad
24.5Kof the Resheh family on Instagram

It started with Dad's books.

Yanal and Yaqout Makahleh grew up watching their father love reading. Two of four brothers, they decided to turn that love into something other people could share in, and Resheh was born.

The name? Their little brother's idea.

Resheh means feather in Arabic, the kind people once dipped in ink to write stories. The youngest brother came up with it. Yanal and Yaqout like to pretend it was theirs, and he lets them get away with it. Very brotherly of him.

Two brothers, many arguments, one bookstore.

Yanal and Yaqout argue about almost everything. Somehow they also work amazingly together, and the bookstore is proof.

كل إشي بلّش من كتب أبوهم

ينال وياقوت مكاحلة كبروا وهم يشوفوا أبوهم يحب القراءة. اثنين من أربع إخوة، قرروا يحوّلوا هالحب لإشي يشاركوه مع الناس، ومن هون إجت ريشة.

الاسم؟ فكرة الأخ الصغير

ريشة، متل الريشة اللي كانوا يكتبوا فيها الحكايات زمان. اقترحها أصغر الإخوة، بس ينال وياقوت بيحبوا يقولوا إنها فكرتهم، وهو بيخليهم. أخ أصيل والله.

أخوين، نقاشات ما بتخلص، ومكتبة وحدة

ينال وياقوت بيختلفوا على كل إشي تقريباً، ومع هيك بيشتغلوا مع بعض بطريقة بتجنن. والمكتبة أكبر دليل.

How we got here

  1. 2019An online storeمتجر أونلاينA few shelves of books and a lot of DMs.
  2. ThenA tiny boothكشك صغيرOur first spot where you could actually flip through the pages.
  3. NowA real bookstoreمكتبة كاملةGolden Gate Mall, Um Uthaina. Come say hi.
  4. NextSomething biggerإشي أكبرWe're working on it. Stay tuned.

Welcome to the Resheh family.

Every book in our store is an original edition. You help decide what comes next through the wishlist form in Diwan Resheh, and we ship across Jordan and worldwide. Every story starts with a ريشة, and we're still writing ours. Thank you for being part of it.

إنتو من العيلة

كل كتاب على رفوفنا أصلي، وإنتو اللي بتختاروا شو بيوصل من خلال فورم الطلبات بديوان ريشة، وبنوصّل لكل الأردن ولبرّا. كل حكاية بتبلش بريشة، وحكايتنا لسّا بنكتب فيها. شكراً إنكم جزء منها.

Every story starts with a ريشة 🪶

A little bookstore in Um Uthaina with very full shelves. Drop by, message us, or order from your couch.
📍 Golden Gate Mall, Shatt Al-Arab St, Um Uthaina
🚚 We ship across Jordan and worldwide
💬 WhatsApp 0795350421 · reshehstore@gmail.com

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