There’s only 1-hour left on Thursday, Nov 27th here in Jordan, but Thanksgiving is still going strong back home in the States. (And it will be going strong here tomorrow as we decided to celebrate a day late due to today being a school day for us here in Jordan). I took a few minutes [...]
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This should have been a halloween post – I know! But Arabic tests, sick kids, a failed NaNoWriMo attempt, and cross-cultural living have taken precedence over blogging. It’s a shame, because there has been so much news and life-happenings to blog about. But rather than tackle any of the huge issues of the day, I [...]
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There is no question that here in Jordan it’s a man’s world. There are the obvious indicators:
Many women cover their head and wear conservative Islamic clothing, while men wear pretty much whatever they want (although rarely shorts in public and usually conservative by American standards).
Only men can sit in the front seat of taxis. Women [...]
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