عادي عادي

Things that are normal in Jordan:

-Having between 7 and 13 siblings

-Not being in the same school as the opposite sex until university

-Having more than one cell phone

-Living with your family until marriage

-Green oranges

-5 warm fresh baked pitas for 7 cents

-Trucks that drive around playing music like ice cream trucks only instead of ice cream tanks of gas for your stove

-Beautiful girls' names that mean things like "Sunrise" "Smile" "Unattainable Desire" "Lots of rain"

-The same four boys names: Mohammed, Omar, Mahmud, Ahmed 

-Cup of freshly squeezed mango juice for $1.30

-Hearing recitations of the Qur'an in shops

-Running across busy highways

-Men's shoes that turn up at the end (can't help thinking about elf shoes)

-Smoking

-Men sitting in the front seat with the taxi driver

-Dust and sand and palm trees

-Guys holding hands

-Asking a foreigner his/her religion and if they are married right away

Things that are not normal in Jordan:

-Wearing shorts

-Dogs

-Going for a run

-Vegetarians

-Grapefruits :(

-Crosswalks

-Automatic washing machines and dryers

-Water pressure

-Rain (it is stranger than I thought it would be....just always knowing it will be sunny out)

-Casual friendships between young men and women

-Dating before you get engaged