{"id":3396,"date":"2016-07-11T17:14:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T17:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2016-07-11T17:14:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T17:14:28","slug":"amandas-adventures-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/whatwedo\/2016\/07\/11\/amandas-adventures-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda’s Adventures Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Me along Ruston Way during Reading Period this past spring semester before leaving to go abroad.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hello, my name is Amanda Klein, and I am a rising senior at UPS. I am double majoring in Politics & Government (tracking in International Relations) and International Political Economy, specializing in studies of Middle Eastern Political Economics and Arabic. I will be blogging for What We Do while I am abroad in Jordan this summer.<\/p>\n

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Last fall I studied abroad through SIT (School for International Training) in Rabat, Morocco. I loved North Africa and Arabic so much that I decided I wanted to keep traveling around and studying the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region. This spring I was admitted to Qasid Institute\u2019s Summer Intensive Arabic Program, located in Amman, Jordan. I was thrilled to have the chance to continue my Arabic studies.<\/p>\n

In addition to living in Amman for ten weeks, I have had the chance to do quite a lot of traveling since the beginning of the summer. I plan to post a few entries on my travels prior to the beginning of the program to get everyone reading this caught up, in addition to entries on what I do and where I go while I am in Jordan.<\/p>\n

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A few random facts about myself\u2026<\/p>\n

1) I play the clarinet in Concert Band at UPS. I started playing clarinet in fifth grade. I am rather abhorrent and possess little natural talent for the instrument, but love playing it in an ensemble.<\/p>\n

2) My favorite foods are hummus, chocolate, coffee, and mint lemonade. Thankfully, all four of these foods can be found in delicious abundance in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

3) I have visited thirteen countries outside the United States. If I haven\u2019t been there, it\u2019s probably on my list.<\/p>\n

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Countries I have visited are highlighted in blue.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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