My Misconception of Jordan
The Middle East was nothing like I experienced it to be. I
was expecting to see women fully covered from head to toe and
very poor areas. Although that type of lifestyle does exist in
the Middle East, I rarely saw it.
In the Middle East, I stayed in Amman, Jordan. When I
first arrived to my grandmother’s area I noticed every woman
had their body and hair covered. The men wore sandals with
jeans and regular t-shirts and no one drove nice cars. In Jordan
it’s normal to live in an apartment since the only people who
lived in houses were wealthy. However, the quality of the
apartment is a completely different matter. The apartments in
this area were old and dirty with broken doors and
The Middle East was nothing like I experienced it to be. I
was expecting to see women fully covered from head to toe and
very poor areas. Although that type of lifestyle does exist in
the Middle East, I rarely saw it.
In the Middle East, I stayed in Amman, Jordan. When I
first arrived to my grandmother’s area I noticed every woman
had their body and hair covered. The men wore sandals with
jeans and regular t-shirts and no one drove nice cars. In Jordan
it’s normal to live in an apartment since the only people who
lived in houses were wealthy. However, the quality of the
apartment is a completely different matter. The apartments in
this area were old and dirty with broken doors and