People and Places
in Washington, D.C. and JordanBelow are examples of possible visits. We will not have time to visit all, but all below have been involved in our program at one time or another (this is not an all-inclusive list). Those we will visit for sure are marked with an asterisk.* __________________________________________________
Washington, D.C.
Some of our meetings are done with the theme of "Arabic in Careers" to inform students about the wide range of professional options open to those with Arabic language proficiency.
- *U.S. Department of State, Educational and Cultural Affairs
- *Embassy of Jordan
- Foreign Service Institute
- Islamic Center
- The Middle East Institute
- The Center for Strategic and International Studies
- United States Capitol (tour and meeting, U.S. Senate staff)
- National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce
- The Palestine Center
- Freedom House
- Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)
- Just Vision
- Friends of Jordan
- National Museum of Language
- *National Mall and Memorial Parks and Monuments
- Smithsonian Museums
Jordan
For further exploration of Jordan online, note the hosts of some of these websites.
- *Embassy of the United States
- Jerash
- *Dead Sea ---------------------------
A field trip contributed by our friends at the King Abdullah II Fund for Development- *Petra
- Karak Castle
- Dana Nature Reserve
- Aqaba
- Um Qais
- *Wild Jordan
- House of Parliament
- Foreign Ministry
- Institute of Diplomacy
- King Abdullah Mosque
- Mercy Corps Jordan
- Ruwwad
- Noor Al Hussein Foundation
- Princess Basma Youth Center
- Jordanian National Commission for Women
- Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature
- National Centre for Human Rights
- Youth Higher Council
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