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The M ost Liberal Coffee House in Am m an

The Most Liberal Coffee House in Amman

S u r v iv in g G u a t e m a la 's C iv il W a r

Surviving Guatemala's Civil War

S id r e r ía H o u s e R u le s

Sidrería House Rules

P L U S

PLUS

H u r lin g in D u b lin • " D u e n d e " b y T e a m S e v ille • E x p lo r in g P r o v in c ia l C h in a

Hurling in Dublin • "Duende" by Team Seville • Exploring Provincial China

2 Café Abroad InPrint Summer 2008

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FOOD

With glasses raised, crowds o locals – and a ew intrepid travelers – celebrate the taste o tradition at San Sebastián’s cider houses.

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FACULTY LETTER

Cultural anthropologist Dr. Dan Smyer
Yü leads his students on an extended
excursion into China’s Qinghai and
Gansu provinces. Together, they ex-
plore the country’s ethnic identity.

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MIDDLE EAST:

AMMAN

His progressive establishment Books@
Caé mirrors Madian al-Jazerah’s
personality. In the ace o discrimina-
tion, the caé is a orce or tolerance in
one o the Middle East’s most liberal
countries.

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SPORTS

Ireland’s national pastime mixes ice
hockey, f eld hockey and lacrosse in a
ast-paced usion o athleticism, grace

and grit.

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INSIDE SEVILLE

Caé Abroad Team Seville explores the
city’s narrow streets, bustling markets,
tranquil parks and late-night  amenco
shows. Ater searching or the soul o
the city, the group led by Catherine
Gaa has just one question: ¿Tienes
Duende?

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AUSTRALIA:

MELBOURNE

Aussie comic Julia Sutherland steps
into the limelight at one o the largest
comedy estivals in the world. Over the
past 19 years, the Melbourne Interna-
tional Comedy Festival has established
a place o its own on the world’s stage.

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CENTRAL AMERICA:

GUATEMALA CITY

Civil war uprooted a woman rom her
country, and indiscriminant violence
claimed the lives o her riends and
amily members. “La Proesora” recalls
the violence that ravaged her home-

land.

COVER SHOT:"Above Amman" by Katherine Lonsdorf. Gazing from the old citadel above down-

town, Andy Omernik (left) and Xander Ehlers, both study abroad students in Jordan’s capital city, enjoy

the view after a coffee at Books@café.

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EUROPE:

ALICANTE

A controversy over how to commemo-
rate a brutal dictator has resulted in a
political tug-o-war. Though decades
have passed since Franco’s repressive
regime, his monuments remain a pow-
erul presence throughout Spain.

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C O N TEN TS

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