Sunday, September 23, 2007
So we went to a Wahdat vs. Faisaly soccer game on saturday. For those who don't know, Wahdat is a southern section of Amman that started out as a Palestinian refugee camp, and has become part of the city, albeit one of the rougher neighborhoods. Faisaly is the team supported by Jordanian Jordanians, while Wahdat is the Palestinian-Jordanian team. Before we went, it seemed that everyone we talked to was flabbergasted (yes i used flabbergasted) that we would even think of going, since apparently the games can get pretty rough in the stands. We went anyway, and it turned out to be actually quite tame, as far as soccer games go. We meant to support Faisaly, but ended up sitting in the Palestinian section, so we cheered for Wahdat, and claimed to be Canadian. We were actually quite popular, and at one point the entire palestinian section was chanting CANADA CANADA CANADA. It probably would have been different if we had told the the truth. Somehow i can't imagine them adopting AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA as one of the chants.
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