Hope and Struggle in the Hashemite Kingdom: Portraits of Jordan

AJ Naddaff is majoring in Arab Studies and political science at Davidson College. During college, he has worked as an Assistant Teacher in the French and Francophone Studies Department and as a primary research assistant in the Arab Studies Department. This photo essay is the result of Naddaff ’s work in Amman, Jordan, where he collaborated with the US Embassy, served as a translator and photographer for Humans of Amman, and studied at the Qasid Arabic Institute. Naddaff would like to share credit for this essay with Waleed Alkoor, who accompanied him during his travels in Jordan.

Images by AJ Naddaff and Waleed Alkoor