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Student embraces Jordanian culture

I hate being asked about my summer. Not because I don't want to talk about it. I could talk about it for hours. But people seem to expect me to describe in one word the six weeks I spent studying abroad in Amman, Jordan's capital, as part of a UNC Summer Abroad program. It's impossible to do, but I have 22 inches of text, so here goes: A giant 'No Smoking' sign - naturally adjacent to a picture of the benevolent King Abdullah II - glared at me as I exited the plane after a 12 hour flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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