A Road in the Road
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I'm an American student studying for a semester in Irbid, Jordan. This isn't my first time in the Middle East, but it's my first time studying in a program where I've pledged not to speak English. Getting to know Jordan while speaking only its language has been quite an interesting experience.
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More than Just Sand
Posted on 19/10/2011
There’s a rumor going around America that Jordan is just a big sandy desert. Now in the business of clarifying that, there are two slight misconceptions there. First of all, not...
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Chicken, Rice, and Everything Nice
Posted on 24/09/2011
Goodness gracious this rice is hot, I think to myself as I plunge my hand into the center of the heaping dish. The steaming chicken juice stings me, but the rice has a warm softness...
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Goodbye, English
Posted on 05/09/2011
The smell of dust and diesel is intoxicating. As I walk out of my hotel and step into the busy streets of Amman, it is the smell more than anything else that helps me to fully realize that...
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Coming Home
Posted on 18/08/2011
Well, I’m back. Two weeks ago, I returned to my suburban American home, and since then I’ve been enjoying family, air conditioning, and any food that’s not derived from...
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Happy Independence Day – For Those Who Have It
Posted on 04/07/2011
To all my friends and family in America, happy Independence Day. A majority of the people reading this have never seen the United States invaded by a foreign country. We’ve never...
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I am want The study English
Posted on 30/06/2011
Two weeks ago, I was introduced to a group of five or so young men from Jalazone who wanted to learn English. All were between the ages of 20 and 30, most were looking for jobs, and none...
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The Magic School Bus – Palestinian Style
Posted on 18/06/2011
I’ve been here for a little over two weeks, I’ve posted some reflections, and I’ve put up some pictures, but you may be wondering just what I’m up to over...
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Flowing With Milk and Honey
Posted on 12/06/2011
“I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey,...
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Meeting, Greeting, and Eating
Posted on 05/06/2011
It’s night time, and Jalazone Camp is slowly going to sleep. Sitting on a roof at the top of the hill overlooking the camp, I look out on the buildings below as they turn off their...
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Stepping Out
Posted on 30/05/2011
Yet there is another road in the road, and on and on. So where are the questions taking me? I am from here, I am from there, yet am neither here nor there. I will have to throw many roses...
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