October 28, 2005

• a dear and precious friend send me a present today:

  
  

  

  
  

  and oh it made my heart happy.

  
  

  i have friends...

  
  

  (amazing, isn't it?)

  
  

  ...friends who love me despite myself.

  
  

  i am thankful beyond words for being able to know and rest in that while i am here.

  
  

  i pray the "knowing" does not fade ... my heart is fickle and prone to forgetfullness

  
  

  ... Insha'Allah I shall find a way to show you I love you too.

  
  

   

  
  

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  for now... i will just show you some of me:

  
  

   

  
  

  this was Rachel's birthday at an Subsaharan themed restaraunt,

  
  

  David, Boram, me, Rachel, Alison, Erica, and Gina is taking the photo:

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  this is Imen Frij teaching us to make briq, she is beyond fabulous, she is Libyan but is studying at our Universite:

  
  

  

  
  

  this, is briq (sometimes spelled "brik" but transliterations are never really right anyway):

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  this is Tunisian Jasmine... which deserves an entire post of it's own one day:

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  This is at the Muse Bardo, it was an old harem in a palace (harem means family home, not a harem of women... which comes from the word "haram" meaning "forbidden") the guy in the picture is David:

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  This was on the way back from hiking at Lake Ichkeul:

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  my roommates... studying hard... its amazing how much Arabic you learn through shadow puppets:

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  this is in Kairouan (i actually took this one):

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  here is the old Temple of Water ...'twas incredible:

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Erica put a flower in my hair and took a picture... but the best part is that you can see our refrigerator without a door:

  
  

   

  
  

  Imen at our place... with "crescents" -Libyan cookies

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Cafe at night during Ramadan... ooh the cafes get crazy...

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  that is all of my roommates photos for now. 

  
  

  In a few minutes I will teach an english class to teenagers... which is hard because it is afternoon in Ramadan

  
  

  --which is almost over, btw, the Night of Power is on Sunday... and the first Eid should be on the 3rd or 4th--

  
  

  i am an exam tomorrow morning (yes, Saturday) and the more I study the more I realize I do not know and need to study... its been an overwhelming couple of days.  ...I suppose it could be because my roommates and I are the studious kind.  Erica is taking the LSAT in Jan, and we often "practice" with her when we don't have other homework (let me say, right now, that i could never make it in law school... too many logic game questions on that test that must be answered in a minute and ten seconds... no hope for me and my literary brain).  it's hilarious- you'd laugh.  Erica will be just fine as a One L though, she makes outlines and verb charts "all-the-day, all-the-day-long" ...and I doubt she'll have much trouble with reading cases. 

  
  

  ok... there is more to say, but my brain has ceased to function in english for the moment...

  
  

   

  
  

  shahia taiba asdiqa' azizia, uhebukum kathiran   

  
  

   

  
  

   

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