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Jamal Qasem, Professor, Department of Agricultural
Resources and Environment, Faculty of Agriculture, University
of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Research: Control of Broomrape (Orobanche ramose
L.) in Tomato
Host: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science,
Blacksburg, VA
c/o Dr. Chester L. Foy
September 1999-May 2000
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For
many scholars, the personal connections they form in the United
States are as much a part of their Fulbright experience as is
the research they conduct or the classes they teach. Their grants
often provide them with unique opportunities to not only visit
regions of this country, but to actually get to know the communities
and people who host them.
For Jordanian researcher Jamal Qasem, his nine-month grant not
only allowed him to increase his scientific expertise, but gave
him a chance to experience American social and cultural traditions
first hand. His host colleagues and friends at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University invited him to share a number of
their holiday traditions, including Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving.
"These occasions," he explained, "allowed learning
a lot on culture, treatments, behavior and relations within the
American society . . . the grant period was an excellent opportunity
[that] allowed me to learn a lot on these great people, in addition
to its scientific merit." Qasem takes away a very positive
impression of the U.S.
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