By Dr. Raed Al-Tabini, SIT Academic Director in Jordan On Thursday April 18, 2013, SIT students on the Jordan: Modernization and Social Change program had the opportunity to meet with His Royal Highness Prince Hassan bin Talal, brother of the late King Hussein, and uncle to Jordan’s King Abdullah. The Prince gave a talk, answered [...]
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Jordan’s Open-Door Policy and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A View from Amman
By Raed Al-Tabini, PhD, SIT Academic Director in Jordan Friday, March 22, 2013, marked the first visit by President Obama to an Arab country in his second term. In a sign of respect and continuing friendship, Obama met with the Hashemite Kingdom’s head of state, King Abdullah, to discuss the Syrian situation and peace process [...]
Our Foreign Correspondents: “The World Upside Down”
Part classroom, part newsroom, the SIT Study Abroad Morocco: Field Studies in Journalism and New Media program transforms undergraduate students into foreign correspondents in one, four-month semester. Since the program’s inception, SIT students and alumni have written and produced stories for the New York Times, PRI, and Minnesota Public Radio. ‘The world upside down’: The rise of Spanish immigration [...]
SIT France Introduces a New Excursion to Tunisia
France: Language, Community, and Social Change is an intensive language program based in Toulouse, France’s fourth-largest city. Program highlights Students are fully immersed in French through instruction at L’Institute Catholique de Toulouse, interdisciplinary seminars, and a homestay with a local family. The program’s Community Service Project provides students with an opportunity to increase their French while [...]
Talking Turkey
By Lucy Phillips Lucy Phillips studied on SIT’s Morocco: Multiculturalism and Human Rights program in fall 2012. Below, Lucy describes her experience celebrating an American holiday far from her home. Chefchaouen, Morocco, is perfectly situated in the mountains, the medina is saturated with blue, and everyone’s kindness permeates the air. My two roommates and I [...]
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