Ahlain! (Hello!) Today, I wrote about an interview I made with some of my Jordanian friends.
The first person I interviewed is Sajeda Muhsen Mustafa Alshua'tha. I also interviewed Semir Issa Jeries Issa. In the U.S., people usually use their father's surname as their last name. In Jordan, however, the naming process looks a little different.
Here, people's names are in this order: first name + father's name + grandfather's name + family/tribe name. For example, my friend Sajeda's name is made up of her name (Sajeda), father (Muhsen), grandfather (Mustafa) and family name (Alshua'tha).
Both Sajeda and Semir live in Amman in an apartment with their families. Semir lives with his mom, and Sajeda lives with her parents and her siblings.
In Jordan, people usually live at home with their families until they get married or move out for school or work.
