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Sunday, 13 Jul 2014 | Views [374]
On Wednesday, I tried to go to lit class at 10:45. Normally by then, Natasha and Cynthia's poli sci professor is long gone, so it's just the two of them talking about Tumblr and other things they've found on the Internet. On Wednesday, however, ... Read more >
Tags: field trip, immigration, sewing, teaching
Sunday, 13 Jul 2014 | Views [300]
There's a saying that I've heard several times- “Life is a hard a teacher. She always gives the test first and the lesson afterwards.” That's how I've felt about Darija class. First we go home to our host families, and only later learn ... Read more >
Tags: arabic, marina bay, test
Saturday, 12 Jul 2014 | Views [317]
On Wednesday, we had about half an hour to eat lunch because at 1:00 we needed to go visit the Moroccan parliament as a field trip for poli sci. I've clearly gotten accustomed to my longer lunches, because despite half an hour being plenty of time ... Read more >
Tags: clocks, mosaics, parliament, pictures
Thursday, 10 Jul 2014 | Views [400]
Remember back to our very first night in Rabat? When we went to the restaurant and danced, and there were other Moroccans more or less our age, and we exchanged contact information? Well, we finally got around to finding a day that worked both parties.... Read more >
Tags: beach, food, moroccans, music, singing
Wednesday, 9 Jul 2014 | Views [1419]
At 9:00, Natasha, Erika, Cynthia, and I met at the boat. Megan and Nathan were doing things with their host families. We hung around for a bit deciding what to do, then decided to go to Marina Bay. Just like every other day.
We were ... Read more >
Tags: catcalls, hebrew, rugs, shopping, teapots, tiles
Tuesday, 8 Jul 2014 | Views [338]
Whereas Friday was full of Americans, Saturday was not.
I was running out shampoo and conditioner, so I decided that I should go get some more. Since shopping by myself in the Mdina was still a frightening prospect (so much noise and so many ... Read more >
Tags: catcalls, males, russian, solo
Monday, 7 Jul 2014 | Views [326]
Cynthia's host mom had agreed to take as djellaba-shopping, so at 2:30 we all met and went out. We were led through the Mdina and past several shops that looked like they sold fine djellabas to the one particular one her host mom was looking for.... Read more >
Tags: fourth of july, juice, marina bay, sweet
Monday, 7 Jul 2014 | Views [602]
Even before I left for Morocco, my glasses were having the occasional problems. Like it would be raining, I'd come inside, go to dry my glasses, and the right lens would pop out. It would pop back in easily, but, in retrospect, was the kind of ... Read more >
Tags: glasses
Sunday, 6 Jul 2014 | Views [515]
At the beginning of lit class, our professor handed out the sheet that had the questions for our midterm. There were four of them, each of which should be answered in “a small paragraph,” and each of them essentially asked “do ... Read more >
Tags: commercials, food, lion, midterm, school, water
Saturday, 5 Jul 2014 | Views [404]
On Wednesday, we handed in our papers for the Dakar trip. They were due to our two non-Arabic teachers. Our lit professor was delighted when Megan turned hers in and shocked when the rest of us also handed in our papers. Last year, the students ... Read more >
Tags: cafe, food, iftar, midterm, school
Friday, 4 Jul 2014 | Views [373]
On Tuesday, someone from a women's human rights NGO based in Morocco came to talk to us. She was originally American, though she'd lived in Morocco for the past 20 years. (“I came over a lot like you guys, for a study abroad. And essentially ... Read more >
Tags: ngo, women
Thursday, 3 Jul 2014 | Views [598]
I was right. After a week of Senegalese accents, the politics class was much easier. I say that with the knowledge that I don't need to present this week- we get Friday off to “celebrate the 4 th of July.” So I don't need to worry ... Read more >
Tags: books, food, fourth of july, school
Wednesday, 2 Jul 2014 | Views [294]
We got back from the airport at about the time my family was preparing for lunch. Which was very nice, since that had been much of what I'd been dreaming about for the last two or three days in Senegal. Cynthia's family had told her that when she ... Read more >
Tags: beach, food, modern art
Tuesday, 1 Jul 2014 | Views [1960]
I've been meaning to write about the aspects of Islam I have casually seen in Morocco (particularly my host family) for some time now. The beginning of Ramadan seems like an appropriate time to get around to it.
One of the earlier Arabic ... Read more >
Tags: food, islam, ramadan
Wednesday, 25 Jun 2014 | Views [364]
Before the airport in Dakar, I had a pretty quiet Sunday. (I'd seen the schedule for Dakar. I was taking advantage of quietness when I could.)
I did go out to accompany Abir while she sold textbooks. Or tried to. She went down a street, asking ... Read more >
Tags: airplane, airport, diseases, mothers
Monday, 23 Jun 2014 | Views [440]
On Friday, Cynthia mentioned that her host sister had a surfing lesson at 11:00, so she was going to the beach, and invited other people to come too. So anyone else who was interested and particularly good at finding a small group of Americans ... Read more >
Tags: food, group, ocean
Monday, 23 Jun 2014 | Views [439]
My host mother seems determined to make sure I learn “hamka,” the Darija word for “crazy.” She uses it nearly as much as she uses “Le bas?” and she asks me that every time I see her. It would be a fair trade, since ... Read more >
Tags: arabic, couscous, debate, endings, school
Sunday, 22 Jun 2014 | Views [697]
I've now been in Morocco long enough that I'm forming definite preferences about food beyond “I like this, I don't like that.” One of these preferences is for their fried bread (I believe it's called “rif”) over the more bread-... Read more >
Tags: bear, food, henna, tea
Saturday, 21 Jun 2014 | Views [333]
Classes on Thursday went well, though our lit professor spent about half the time talking about the reading we'd done for Wednesday. We only had the one presentation in politics, as was sane. But, before we could start our lunch, a woman from a Moroccan ... Read more >
Tags: cafe, debate, walking
Saturday, 21 Jun 2014 | Views [1361]
On Wednesday, we didn't have politics class, going instead to the Center of African Studies. We got a short tour of the building, then sat down in a conference room.
The building wasn't that interesting. There were pictures of Mohammed V right ... Read more >
Tags: boat, karaoke, school
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