AMMAN, Jordan—Jordanian women who have married foreigners face an unpleasant educational situation—their children are treated as foreigners when they seek admission at Jordan’s public universities.
Jordanian laws grant citizenship through fathers, leaving thousands of students in Jordan without full rights to attend Jordanian public universities. Jordan has a high expatriate population and millions of Palestinian, Iraqi and Syrian refugees among its own population of about seven million, increasing the chances that Jordanian citizens may find marriage partners who come from other countries.
