• Participant arrivals throughout the day, hotel check-in and rest
• Evening: 7PM Orientation Meeting at hotel conference room, followed by dinner
• Lodging: Toledo Hotel

Day 2: Amman

• Morning meeting: Joost Hilterman, Middle East Project Director, International Crisis Group -- a non-profit research organization committed to ending & preventing conflict
• Lunch and leisure time in Amman
• Afternoon Meeting: Muhamed T. Al-Daraji, Director, Monitoring of Human Rights in Iraq, & Haj Ali, Founder, Association of Victims of American Occupation Prisons
• Dinner: Wild Jordan at Jebel Amman
• Lodging: Toledo Hotel

Day 3: Amman to Damascus

• Morning walking tour of Amman and early lunch
• Late Morning departure to Damascus -- receive Syrian group visas at the border
• Late Afternoon arrival in Damascus -- transfer to hotel for check-in and dinner
• Lodging: Iwan Hotel

• Morning walking tour of Damascus, including visits to the Damascus Souk Bazaar and the Umayyad Mosque, situated on the grounds of the Basilica of St. John the Baptist
• Afternoon meetings: Mouna Khourdi of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency), and Mikaela Brown, journalist for the British newspaper, The Guardian
• Lodging: Iwan Hotel

Day 5: Damascus -- Goulan Heights

• Morning Meeting: Discussion on the history and current status of the Goulan Heights
• Break for early lunch
• Half-day trip to the Goulan Heights
• Late afternoon arrival in Damascus, dinner and return to hotel
• Lodging: Iwan Hotel

Day 6: Damascus -- Amman

• Morning meeting: Patricia McPhillips of the UNRWA Syria (UN Relief & Works Agency)
• Lunch and leisure time in Damascus
• Early Afternoon departure to Amman, dinner and return to hotel
• Dinner: Tarweea in Shmeisani
• Lodging: Toledo Hotel

Day 7: Amman

• Morning meetings: Faiza Al Araji, Iraqi civil engineer and blogger whose son was kidnapped in Iraq in 2005, & Stefano Elero, Head of Mission of Un Ponte Per, an Italian human rights and humanitarian relief organization serving populations in need and preventing future war in the Middle East
• Lunch and leisure time in Amman
• Afternoon meeting and forum: Charlotte Lancaster, Women for Women International (WWI), a non-profit organization that assists socio-economically marginalized women of post-conflict countries -- presentations by Iraqi women involved in the WWI's work
• Dinner: Al-Quds in Downtown Amman
• Lodging: Toledo Hotel

Day 8: Amman

• Morning meetings: Cathy Kaneshiro, Refugee Coordinator of US Embassy in Amman, and Maggy Marhous, Director of International Catholic Migration Commission, a non-profit organization serving the needs of refugees, uprooted and displaced persons
• Break for lunch
• Afternoon meeting: Mater Saqer, UNRWA Amman (UN Relief & Works Agency)
• Lodging: Toledo Hotel

Day 9: Amman

• Morning visit to the Grace School for Iraqis to meet teachers, administrators and children
• Morning and afternoon meetings: Jenine Jaradat, UNHCR, and Mustafah Hamameh, Director of Center for Strategic Studies
• Afternoon leisure time in Amman
• Dinner: Fakr El-Din and Final Group De-Briefing Meeting
• Lodging: Toledo Hotel

• Morning Departure from Amman -- hotel check-out and transfer to airport

This is a tentative itinerary. Global Exchange and Reality Tours are not responsible for any changes that occur to the itinerary.