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  • USAID Projects in the Middle East

    USAID provides assistance in five regions of the world, including the Middle East. It operates seven country programs as well as a regional program in the Middle East and North Africa. Country programs exist in Egypt, the West Bank/Gaza, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan and Iraq.
  • American Muslims to Increase Community Activism

    American Muslims are an integral part of the cultural landscape of America. As President Obama said on June 4 in Cairo, Egypt, “So let there be no doubt: Islam is a part of America. And I believe that America holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life
  • Ramadan Message by President Obama

    On behalf of the American people – including Muslim communities in all fifty states – I want to extend best wishes to Muslims in America and around the world. Ramadan Kareem.

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EMBASSY HIGHLIGHTS

American Ambassador Reaffirms Partnership with Jordan Customs Department
August 19 - American Ambassador Stephen Beecroft today presented Director General of Jordan Customs Major General Ghalib Al Sarayrah a donation of equipment to bolster Jordan Customs’ ability to detect illegal shipments of weapons, monitor more effectively goods entering or transiting Jordan, and secure the country’s borders.

USTDA Awards Grants in the Renewable Energy and Transportation Sectors in Jordan
August 9 - Acting Director of the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Leocadia I. Zak and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Suhair Al-Ali today signed two grants valued at $788,010 to further Jordanian priorities in the renewable energy and transportation sectors.

Imam Yahya Hendi Discuss Interfaith Dialogue
July 28 - The U.S. Embassy in Amman is hosting prominent interfaith activist Imam Yahya Hendi, who is on a visit to the region. Imam Yahya Hendi is the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

American Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft visit to Ajloun
July 16 - American Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft visited Ajloun Nature Reserve and the nearby the Rangers Academy, the cornerstone for which was laid by King Abdullah last June upon announcing the establishment of the Ajloun Special Development Zone.

Ambassador Beecroft Visits the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology
July 9 - U.S. Ambassador R. Stephen Beecroft and Director General Dr. Yaseen Khayyat discuss product standards with staff from the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology