Saturday, June 28, 2014

araby'un ana

last night was Arabic 101. We danced debkah, ate tabbouleh, learned about Mahmoud Darwish and Sahar Khalifeh and Khalil Gibran, counted to ten, learned colors. Fatima, a shy Palestinian BTLer living in Israel, sang a song about freedom. Yazan the Jordanian-Palestinian recited his own poetry in Arabic. We then walked to the bridge over the Iowa River, we took selfies together, and we watched night ducks.

Today we go to the FIGGE in Davenport and Wild Den State Park. And then the mall, which is all they really want to do.