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Mon, 7 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [704]
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
Sun, 6 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [626]
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
Sat, 5 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [504]
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
Fri, 4 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [436]
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
Thu, 3 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [686]
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
Wed, 2 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [359]
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
Tue, 1 Jul 2014 | By kakimono | Views [2070]
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
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [454]
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
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [521]
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
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [566]
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
Sun, 22 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [822]
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
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [413]
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
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [1457]
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
Fri, 20 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [431]
On Tuesday, I saw a car enter the Mdina the same way that I had just left it. So although the two-way road was nice, it was far from necessary, as any car that isn't overly concerned about pedestrians can just push its way through the crowd. (Said ... Read more >
Tags: dance, music, theater
Wed, 18 Jun 2014 | By kakimono | Views [481]
On Monday, we had more classes. There was some confusion about what we were supposed to read for literature, since we were on week two of the class, but there was one poem left in the “week one” packet, and we hadn't yet finished the story ... Read more >
Tags: arabic, boat, cafe, food, toothpaste
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