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2007.07.28: July 28, 2007: Headlines: COS - Jordan: Older Volunteers: Spokesman Review: Peggy Green served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jordan
Peggy Green served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jordan
“We felt we had a distinct advantage over some of the young people,” she said. Since Jordan was a Muslim country, the younger American girls were considered harlots for not covering up. Frequently, they would have eggs thrown at them while trying to get into the village. But Jordanians never treated Green in the same manner.
Peggy Green served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Jordan
Baby Boomers urged to consider Peace Corps
Donna Tam
Staff writer
July 28, 2007
[Excerpt]
Peggy Green, 61, discussed what they called a life-altering experience. Green, a Diamond Lake resident, was one of five women volunteers who were over 50 years old. She taught English at a school in Jordan.
“Wow,” she said to the room. “I still haven’t come down from those two years I have been there.”
Green, who was 53 at the time, also remembers the respect the locals gave her.
“We felt we had a distinct advantage over some of the young people,” she said. Since Jordan was a Muslim country, the younger American girls were considered harlots for not covering up. Frequently, they would have eggs thrown at them while trying to get into the village. But Jordanians never treated Green in the same manner.
“I think because they respected age and I didn’t threaten them,” she said, adding that she developed a deep bond with the people there.
When Sept. 11 happened, Green’s children wanted her to come home. But she refused.
“I’m safer (in Jordan)…because I was family as far as they were concerned,” Green told her children. “I wasn’t Muslim, I wasn’t Arab, but I was family.”
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