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Orientation begins in 7 days and lasts a week. After which, classes will start. The only classes I know for sure I will be taking are Beginning Modern Standard Arabic I and Beginning Jordanian Dialect I. I hope to take Archeology of Jordan and Modern History of the Middle East; however, these classes may or may not be what I'll be taking. My third choice is Economic Transformations....after which my choice list falls precipitously off a cliff before I would want to encounter a class on Arab Women Writers or Islam in the Modern Context.

I'll be in a homestay; however, I won't know anything about the family until the end of orientation. Do you know how difficult it is to shop for an entire family you know nothing about? And how many photo books of Iowa and Ohio - of all places - are filled with pictures of people in bathing suits? Why? Iowa is not known for its glorious coastal views. I have settled on some nice tea and local home-goods.

My mailing address (the fourth in nine months!) is:

My name

C/O CIEE

POB 134134

University of Jordan

P.O. Box 134134

Amman, 11942

Amman is GMT + 2, thus 8 hours ahead of home.

I will try to post and schedule a few explanatory posts until I have something more substantive. With the uncertain internet and orientation, it will be a a few weeks until I have real updates.