Pope Benedict XVI with Jordanian King AbdullahII and Queen Rania
Jordan would be wonderful if we could kick out the Syrians and the Islamic nutbags. Part of my (lost) youth was spent in San Francisco, where there are lots of Jordanians and Arab Christians who fled from what is now Palestine. They were wonderful people, and they had a number of churches in SF.
I don’t particularly like Arabic chant (too many microtones!), but the Arabic liturgies are very beautiful.