From Gulf News: Jordan sees rush of young Americans (via Angry Arab)

















This a picture of Liza at Books@Cafe on Rainbow Street in Amman. I spent the Fourth of July here and with Liza, her roommates, and several of their friends at their apartment. I was at Books@ the night this picture was taken, sitting at the table right next to the one in the foreground. I recognize the two girls pictured, in particular because the subtly politco one wearing the chic purple kuffieyeh also sports a "NUKE ISRAEL" shirt.

I will confirm that there are bucketfulls of American students studying Arabic in Jordan, including 60+ from BYU in Amman this summer (three of whom I lived with).