How to Make Friends and Attain Fluency with Others (Jordan Edition)
Written by Tomas Gordo-Churchill (Northwestern University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Spring 2023 By this point in the study abroad experience, after four weeks in the intensive learning
Trusting the Language Pledge
Written by Asher Wexler (UNC Chapel Hill), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Spring 2023 Ten in the morning in a crowded conference room. Aerosolized nescafe, assorted teas, and zaatar
The Smallest World Cup
Written by Asher Wexler (UNC Chapel Hill), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Spring 2023 An American youth is going for a run in Amman. He stumbles over
The Risk and the Reward in Amman, Jordan
Written by Tomas Gordo-Churchill (Northwestern University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Spring 2023 After two weeks in Jordan, I never thought my biggest test would be outside the
Everything’s fine (كل شيء تمام) in Amman, Jordan
Written by Sarah Holston (American University), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Spring 2023 As I start my third week in Jordan, there’s one phrase that I’ve heard again
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…
Photos by Emily Griffith, (University of Missouri), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Fall 2022. These girls are truly what has gotten me through this semester.
5 Things I Am Taking With Me From Jordan
Written by Rojina Timsina, (Kalamazoo College), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Fall 2022. As I am writing this, we are officially left with two weeks in Jordan.
Photo Essay: CET Jordan
Photos by Andreas Fathalla, (Kalamazoo College), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Fall 2022. Visiting Wadi Rum (وادي رم) on a two-day trip with CET.
Photo Essay: CET Jordan
Photos by Andreas Fathalla, (Kalamazoo College), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Fall 2022. An arrangement of fresh pomegranates and corn, which I assume are locally farmed, being sold out of the back of a truck in the Al-Swaifiyeh area.
Female Identity in Jordan
Written by Emily Griffith, (University of Missouri), Student Correspondent for CET Jordan, Fall 2022. Growing up in the United States, I have always identified with my femininity, but I haven’t always been particularly aware of it.