Photos by Grace Nuri, (Georgetown University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Summer 2022 I’ll start off this blog post with something crazy. My friend from Georgetown (who I met in Amman) has an Arabic teacher. She knows my Arabic teacher from freshman year of high school, from almost four years ago! I got to meet […]
Photo Essay: CET Jordan
Photos by Grace Nuri, (Georgetown University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Summer 2022 Two guys smoking hookah at sunset overlooking Palestine. The picture was taken at Mount Nebo, where Moses saw the promised land according to the Bible’s Old Testament. It is so interesting to see from above what three religions consider the holy land […]
Photo Essay: CET Jordan
Photos by Grace Nuri, (Georgetown University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Summer 2022 Climbing a pedestal at the Amman Citadel in Jabal, Amman. The view was even better from there compared to on the mountain itself My friend Meg sitting in the bed of a truck, on our drive on the cliffs of the wadis […]
Photo Essay: CET Jordan
Photos by Grace Nuri, (Georgetown University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Summer 2022 My friend and I in front of the King Abdullah Mosque in Amman (one of the only mosquesopen to tourists). Despite stereotypes of traditional lifestyles in the Middle East, Amman has a growing street culture. Pictured are second-hand stereos in Swaifieh Village. […]
Bridging the Gap
Written by an anonymous Gap at CET Japan student, Spring 2022 Coming to Japan, what I was most excited for was exploration. Socially, academically, and literally, the chance to break the monotonous days of American quarantine never failed to motivate me. As expected, actually arriving in Japan and navigating this exploration was terrifying. I found […]
Preparing and Adjusting to Life in Jordan
Written by Agneetta Moisio, (Vanderbilt University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Fall 2021 To be completely honest, preparing for my study abroad semester could have been a bit more thorough. I hope this blog post could help at least one future exchange student to consider a few different things before embarking on the journey to Amman. I myself returned […]