This post was originally published on Politico.
Jordan is among the teams making its first-ever appearance at a World Cup, and for the country’s ambassador to the United States it is a chance to introduce the world to a country often viewed through the lens of regional conflict and security challenges — and to showcase a different side of the Middle East.
“You see us through security, we see us through humans,” said Dina Kawar, who has represented the Hashemite Kingdom in Washington since 2016, an unusually long spell for a foreign diplomat there.
Her team plays its second match tomorrow, in northern California. Given Jordan’s defeat
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