People like to make the joke that Jordan is between “Iraq and a hard place”—not all that funny. But Jordan is a pro-American country squished between a lot of U.S. State Department travel warnings: Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and, of course, Iraq. Being in such a central location in the region lends Jordanians a lot of the flavor from these other countries, as well as some of the politics. On Jan. 30, I traveled to Amman, Jordan, to begin my four-month study abroad experience.
