Tag: Jordan
-
The Blinding Gift of Freedom
A spring morning in 2018 I woke up sleepy and thought I would ask my friend John if we could just do half of our usual morning running loop. (I always think, when I wake up for a run and am still 75% asleep, that I could never make it (more…)
-
Do Refugees Benefit from Participating in UN Research Studies? (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of my story about interviewing a Syrian refugee family for a UN research study I worked on in Jordan a few years ago. Read Part 1 here: Do Refugees Benefit From Participating In UN Research Studies? (Part 1) In Part 1, I describe interviewing this family of (more…)
-
Do Refugees Benefit From Participating in UN Research Studies? (Part 1)
CONTENT WARNING: This piece contains graphic language. Feel free to skip it and read last week’s post instead. July 2019 – Northern Jordan The woman, in black niqab with only her eyes showing, handed off her newborn baby girl – just 13 days old – to her older daughter, perhaps (more…)
-
What Immigration Forms Don’t Capture About Love & Marriage
December 2020-Amman, Jordan It is morning again. The sun is mercifully warm enough, for December, when I sit directly in it. There are only two times I can feel warm in a day: when sitting in the morning sun, next to my husband who’s wearing his blue pajamas, looking for (more…)
-
Me Vs. The Bureaucrats of Amman, Jordan
Jordanian bureaucrats are quirky, funny creatures. They all have mustaches, gelled hair, and a cigarette lodged between their lips while they process (and drop ashes onto) your paperwork. The main requirement for extending a tourist visa[1] at one of the local police stations is that you have to work at (more…)
[…] I Appreciate About Life In The US After Living Overseas – Curious Georgie on Why I Moved Halfway Across…