The life of children in Jordan is in many ways like children in America, but in other ways different. They live in houses or apartments either in the city or in villages and they go to elementary, middle and high school. Many go to college after graduation, and the Islamic religion is a big part of life in the community and at school. The favorite sport of Jordanian youth is soccer, and they consume a mixture of Arabic and American music and media.
Coffee and halowats (sweets) for breakfast, falafels for lunch, and shawarmas for dinner.
My bayt (house) is an older but comfortable home in central Amman. It is one-story and has a hadiqa or yard.
I help my mother—in Arabic, the word for housewife is ruub al-bayt which translates to "Lord of the House."
My father is an engineer, called a muhandis—the word where Hindi activist Mohandas Gandhi's name originates from.
