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10 12 BRIEF ON JPU
BRIEF ON JPU
BY:
PROFESSOR YOUSEF ABU ADDOUS
JPU PRESIDENT
M OST WELCOME TO JERASH UNIVERSITY
ELCOME TO JERASH UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS NAMED AFTER THE
W CITY THAT WAS BUILT IN THE FOURTH CENTURY B.C. DURING
THE REIGN OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. JERASH LITERALLY MEANS
“A PLACE DENSE WITH TREES’’. WE WELCOME YOU AT THIS CITY
THAT ENCOMPASSES TOGETHER THE ROMAN AND THE ARAB-ISLAMIC
CIVILIZATIONS. ITS DISTINCT ARCHITECTURE INSPIRED FAMOUS
ARCHITECTS WHO ENGINEERED GREAT COSMOPOLITAN CITIES LIKE
ROME AND WASHINGTON D.C. THE PRESENT CITY OF JERASH IS ALSO
KNOWN FOR ITS BEAUTY, GREEN FORESTS THE GOLD VALLEY, THE TWO
ROMAN POOLS; ALL THESE FEATURES MAKE IT A FERTILE LAND FOR
AGRICULTURE, AND A DESTINATION FOR TOURISM.
