May 2011
1 post
Lunch
Today, the boisterous students of my 3rd period class insisted that I stay after class for lunch. I tried to turn them down, because I need that hour to recoup my patience. But they insisted, saying that “Teacher James, Teacher Nick, Teacher Muhammad, Mister Joe, Mister Sameer,” would all be coming. I told them to shush and I began reviewing the grammatical rules for negations in...
October 2010
2 posts
September 2010
3 posts
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia geographically comprises most of the Arabian Peninsula (al-jazeera al-arabiya). I live in Jiddah on the western coast, less than fifty miles from Mecca. When I look to the west, I see the Red Sea; across it is Sudan and Egypt. To the north, the Levant (Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon). Notably to the east is the United Arab Emirates, one emirate of which is Dubai (the...
