I hope all is well in your lives. I have heard of this white substance called 'snow' falling on some of you. I am so sorry. But in all honesty, I am getting a little chilly myself. Jordan is getting cold! And by that I mean that it is has been as low as 15'C some days. Those of you experiencing frost right now may be wishing for me to stop complaining, but please let me explain myself. With spending a month in a very hot and humid climate in El Salvador, and then coming to a scorching hot desert (it was 40 a lot of the time.. lots of sweating), 15 feels a little cold. I guess it is all relative, but the fact that I come back to Canada in mid December is going to be a shock to my system.
All joking aside, Amman, Jordan, and the Middle East in general has been great. Throughout this semester I have always been amazed as I learn more about the culture and history here. Recent classes and guest lectures have covered topics such as tribalism, refugees, feminism, Arab Christianity, Islamic history, and many more topics. Every time I feel like that I start to learn more, I become very overwhelmed with all that I don"t know. These topics and situations are so complicated and then the media is given the task to try and simplify it. It has been very interesting reading western articles, and following elections talking about the Middle East and Islam.It is sad to see generalizations that can be incredibly offensive, but I can understand the difficulties in covering such a large and complicated topic.
I am about to learn a lot more about the Muslim world as I travel to Morocco and Turkey (3 continents in one trip). It will be a fun two week trip. But that means I do not have that much time left in Amman. After the two weeks of travel, I will have two left in Jordan... and then I am back to the land of Moose and Maple syrup.
I have many hours on planes and buses on the trip to come so I will have time to write own some good stories to share with you.
Until then, enjoy some fun photos
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| Last day of tutoring at the American Academy in Zarqa |
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| Pondering from a castle |
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