About Jordan Festival

Jordanian heritage, shared from Houston.

Jordan Festival celebrates Jordanian culture, heritage and traditions. Starting in Houston, Texas, it brings the spirit of Jordan to communities across the United States: for Jordanian-Americans, for the wider Levantine community, and for everyone curious to know Jordan.

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A line of men in white thobes and red shemaghs dancing dabke in a street in Jordan — Traditional dabke, Jordan

Our story

A heritage we carry with us, and celebrate together.

Jordan Festival exists to celebrate Jordanian history, community and culture in the United States: the traditions, flavors, arts and stories that make Jordan what it is, and the community that keeps them alive far from home.

Jordan has always been a crossroads where cultures meet. Arabs, Circassians, Armenians, Chechens and Druze have shaped its traditions together, and that diverse cultural mosaic is part of what we celebrate.

It is made for Jordanians abroad and Jordanian-Americans, for the wider Levantine community, and for everyone curious to know Jordan: a place to share its heritage with new generations and to welcome friends and neighbors to it.

From Jordan to America

An enduring cultural bridge between Jordan and the United States.

The journey began with students and scholars, and grew into a Jordanian community with a presence in education, medicine, technology and the arts. Jordan Festival is part of that bridge: it carries Jordan’s heritage forward and shares it widely.

The Oval Plaza of Jerash at dusk, with a Jordanian flag above the crowd — Jerash, Jordan

Carried

Jordanians have carried their heritage with them, wherever they made their home.
Passed down

Traditions preserved and passed down from one generation to the next.
Shared

Introduced to friends, neighbors and everyone curious to know Jordan.

What we celebrate

Four threads of one story.

Culture, gastronomy, arts and community: each carries part of Jordan’s heritage, and together they tell the story of who we are.

Close-up of red cross-stitch embroidery with two carnations resting on it — Traditional embroidery, Jordan

Culture

Ancient history, architecture and enduring traditions, from the red shemagh to hand-embroidered thobes: more than fabric, a story of pride and generations.

Men of a family sharing mansaf by hand around one tray — A family sharing mansaf

Gastronomy

Generations of culinary heritage and authentic flavors. Mansaf, zarb and rashoof are shared around one table, and every dish tells a story of Jordan.

An artist pouring colored sand into a glass bottle beside the ancient columns of Jerash — Sand art at the Jerash Festival, Jordan

Arts

Music, folkloric dance, craft and storytelling, passed down through generations and kept alive wherever Jordanians gather.

Families and friends gathering in the Oval Plaza of Jerash on a summer evening — Jerash Festival, Jordan

Community

A diverse cultural mosaic, and a community growing across America that comes together to celebrate.

The curved colonnade of the Oval Plaza in Jerash at dusk, with visitors walking among the stalls — The Oval Plaza, Jerash, Jordan

The spirit of Jordan

Where ancient history meets enduring hospitality.

Jordan has always been a crossroads where cultures meet: its landscapes and its history, its traditions and its food, and above all its people and their hospitality.

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