Visit to the Al Khatib Family

On July 14th, we were assigned to visit with the family we had met at the earlier BBQ. Lil and I visited the Al Khatib family. Walid and his son, Mohammed picked us up at the hotel, and took us to their home on Friday afternoon. The family has had experience with Americans serving as a host family for American and Dutch foreign exchange students.

From left: me, Amar, Tamara, Mohammed, and Walid

Amar is a retired school counselor. Tamara just graduated with her bachelor's degree in accounting. Mohammed is an energetic 15 year old with a great sense of humor. Walid is an agricultural engineer who works for the Jordanian government.


They served us some wonderful Arabic food and answered our questions about their family. They have a wonderful apartment with a nice balconey. We smoked the argeela pipe.
Mohammed watches a lot of American movies on television. He had watched five movies on the day we visited.



Mohammed and Tamara pose. She had recently gone through graduation. She had a slumber party the night before with much singing and dancing.

This is a very warm family who are fun to be with. They laugh often with affection for each other.