There have been a few new and exciting things this last week:
My host family has welcomed in a new student for my last week in Morocco. His name is Jamil, ("jamil" means beautiful in Arabic), and he's originally from Algeria but he has lived for most of his life in the U.S., and he is a university student in France. Luckily he came just in time for a week-long music festival in the Oudayas, (outside of the "Kasbah", only a 3 minute walk from where I live). I was able to make two nights of music this week - a night of Berber music/dancing & last night, Gnawa music. Here's the link to the festival:
http://www.minculture.gov.ma/
The first night (Berber) was fairly calm, although it was very crowded, but at the Gnawa concert there were many Moroccans dancing and singing along. My host mother and her sister came along with us.
And this week I FINISHED MY WRITTEN FINAL! Alhamdulillah. I'm feeling accomplished after taking my two hour written final. I also gave my final oral presentation at Qalam, and realized there's only so many things you can talk about when you're a beginner in Arabic.
Here's me, my host mother Demja, and her new student Jamil
And here's my host dad Najeeb, in our kitchen
Thank you thank you thank you (shukran BISEF) to Morocco, for being so welcoming, comforting, laid back, and insane all at once. And thank you to Qalam wa Lawh for providing an incredible place for me to study and learn Arabic.
(Bisef=alot in Darija).
My host family has welcomed in a new student for my last week in Morocco. His name is Jamil, ("jamil" means beautiful in Arabic), and he's originally from Algeria but he has lived for most of his life in the U.S., and he is a university student in France. Luckily he came just in time for a week-long music festival in the Oudayas, (outside of the "Kasbah", only a 3 minute walk from where I live). I was able to make two nights of music this week - a night of Berber music/dancing & last night, Gnawa music. Here's the link to the festival:
http://www.minculture.gov.ma/
The first night (Berber) was fairly calm, although it was very crowded, but at the Gnawa concert there were many Moroccans dancing and singing along. My host mother and her sister came along with us.
And this week I FINISHED MY WRITTEN FINAL! Alhamdulillah. I'm feeling accomplished after taking my two hour written final. I also gave my final oral presentation at Qalam, and realized there's only so many things you can talk about when you're a beginner in Arabic.
Here's me, my host mother Demja, and her new student Jamil
And here's my host dad Najeeb, in our kitchen
Thank you thank you thank you (shukran BISEF) to Morocco, for being so welcoming, comforting, laid back, and insane all at once. And thank you to Qalam wa Lawh for providing an incredible place for me to study and learn Arabic.
(Bisef=alot in Darija).
