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Bay Area Jordanian community celebrates Jordan's first time at the World Cup

Bay Area Jordanian community celebrate in front of Victor's Shoe Repair in downtown San Mateo, wearing kuffiyehs, playing drums and bagpipes, and flying the Jordanian flag.
Hana Baba
Bay Area Jordanian community gather to celebrate in San Mateo.

This story aired in the Monday, June 22 episode of Crosscurrents.

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The Jordanian national soccer team is playing in the World Cup for the first time in history.

The Bay Area Jordanian American community is a tightly knit community of just a few thousand people. A group of enthusiastic fans gathered for a street party in downtown San Mateo to celebrate. Today, Crosscurrents host takes us to that street party, to hear what this historic moment means for Jordanians in the Bay Area.

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Hana Baba is host of Crosscurrents, KALW's weeknight newsmagazine that broadcasts on KALW Public Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area.