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Category Archives: Africa

I must have a really bad memory or something, because no matter how hard I try I cannot retain all the vocab words we are supposed to be learning. Furthermore, we are constructing full sentences right now, and I have a lot of trouble creating one on the spot in class. I hope I’m not […]

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So, before when I mentioned the fact that I didn’t think the Muslims and Christians got along, I failed to qualify that statement. In the grand scheme of things, the two religions live together in perfect harmony. It’s the complete opposite of the Palestine/Israel situation. Here, mosques and churches are on the same street, and […]

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I had a beach weekend! Saturday, it rained all morning, but I really really really wanted to go to the beach. So I put my swimsuit on and waited by the door, thinking very hard that the rain would stop. And finally it did! So, a couple of us went to Yoff Beach, about a […]

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I’m writing this on a word document because the internet is down… again. Oh yeah, and I need to be able to save what I write because the power goes out like every 10 minutes and so I need to be able to save frequently. By the end of this entry, I will have to […]

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I think Muslims, in general, have a very heathy attitude toward death. The first day I was with my family, my mom had to go out to offer her condoleances to a friend who had lost her husband. When I heard that I was like “Wow, that’s aweful – losing your husband” (you know, the […]

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