Henderson Jordan

language courses with political coursework on the Arab world. This, I believe, would be the ideal opportunity to further my passion for Arabic studies in the Ivy League. My recent experience studying Arabic on a David L. Boren Scholarship in Amman, Jordan, has allowed me to obtain an intense level of Arabic language proficiency, with experience integrating the language into both research and professional development. While living in Amman, I served as an English language instructor for both…

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…

Imagine going to bed every night not knowing if you are going to wake up in the morning, because a bomb may be dropped on the house that you are living in. Your family is unable to find food or water because there is nothing left of the town where you reside or you are forced to do things you do not believe are right just because the people who control your town are threatening to kill your loved ones if you do not. These scenarios are all too real for people who are living out in the Middle…

Ever wondered what it is that is really happening to the Syrian people that is causing them so much grief as we see in the news? It is more than just bombs being dropped in the country of Syria, killing thousands of people. Even though many citizens are dying in Syria due to the war, a lot of them still remain there with almost no health assistance, food resources, and no education for the children because they are not given a place for safety resettlement. In the news, we only see that these…

explaining the impact of gender differences on causing unemployment and poverty in a sample from four Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan, namely: Irbid, Al-Husn, Jerash, and Suf camp. The study also aims to answer the main following inquiry: “Do the differences in gender have an impact on causing unemployment and poverty among families inside Palestinian camps in Jordan?”. Therefore, in order to attain the objectives of the study through collecting the needed data from interviewees, a…

Hand in Hand A wise African proverb states, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” (“African” 1). This philosophical quotation encompasses an important message on how to address one of the world’s most prevalent and devastating problems: the Syrian Refugee Crisis. As millions of Syrians are displaced by the Syrian Civil War, they attempt to seek refuge in surrounding foreign nations. So far, the countries of the world have only addressed the crisis by deciding the…

who invaded the territory of former Palestinian mandate, which lead the United Nations to declare Palestine and Israel there own country. Another example in 1967 would be the Six Day War and that consisted of the countries Israel, Syria, Egypt and Jordan. The aftermath of the war was a massive blow to the Arabs morale in so many ways, people start to think…

The Suez Crisis was caused by Egypt's approach to modernization and response to funding withdrawal further developed by the significance of the canal and views of other countries, resulting in damage to the canal as well as international relations. In order to understand how the Suez Crisis unfolded it is important to examine Hist and Geog context. WORK 2ND SENT Geographical The Suez canal was an approximately 100 mile long waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea from Port Said and the Red…

Topic: The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Jordan’s Water Resources Gluck, Caroline. "Syrian Refugee Influx Adding to Jordan 's Water Worries."Oxfam Policy and Practice. N.p., 11 Apr. 2013. Web. 18 Sept. 2016. North of Jordan’s urban city areas lies the Mafraq farms which are filled with growing vegetables and olive trees. The farm also acquires one of the largest water producing wells in the Jordanian valley. However, the area is currently facing several water disparities due to the increasing…

This summary of Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory by Ahmad H. Sa’di and Lila Abu-Lughod will provide an examination of the Palestinian Diaspora in relation to the Palestinian exodus of 1948. Part One of this book is entitled “Places of Memory”, which consists of historical perspectives of scholars, such as Chapter 1’s article by Susan Slyomovics, related to Nakba through the memories of refugees in the town of Qula: “A different history historiography, grounded in testimonial…