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Personal Narrative: My Life In Jordan
I met my best friend Sally George at Novi High School, she was new to our campus at the time following her siblings that moved from Jordan in the Middle East. Knowing I believed at the time that all those in the Middle East were Muslim I assumed she was as well. I talked to her one day after school while working on our pottery projects I asked her about life in Jordan, she goes on discussing the various aspects and she had mentioned an embellished Catholic Church she grew up in was taken over during the chaos in Jordan. I was honestly confused because of my lack of knowledge on that area, and she ended up giving me a dirty look and a whole speech about there’s more than what the media portrays. After that experience with my good friend I have

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