From Paris to Amman.

• Position: College - American college students preferring to have exchange programs on Middle East rather than Paris - Brief article

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Gondola rides along the canals of Venice or a look at the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris has long been part of the experience for thousands of American college students studying abroad for a semester. But these days, many are heading to Arabic-speaking countries-like Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan-where the number of American students increased sixfold to 3,400 in 2007 from 560 in 2002. Brian Reeves, 21, a senior at Brandeis University outside Boston, is Jewish, speaks Hebrew, and has spent time in Israel. He was interested in learning about the other side of the Arab-Israeli conflict, so he went to...