Hey guys!

Hope you're all having a great summer! Summer has been good so far, i absolutely love the sun, it reminds me of home! I just started the second session of summer school last Thursday and its been interesting. I'm only taking Arabic this time so I have a lot of spare time on my hand.

Taking Arabic is one of the best decisions i have ever made. The professor is from Gaza, Palestine and he tells us a lot of stories about his home and family. Lately, he's been rather worried about his son who can't stop playing xbox. He has also taken us to a Arabic store in Raleigh and his home to drink arabic tea and chat. We sometimes have class parties after exams which is great cause students like to bring Arabic dishes. So far, we've had hummus and pita, Iranian rice with vegetables, bride's fingers (dessert), and halwa (i think that's what its called, it looks like baklava but its much sweeter). Arabs believe that sweet and sugar can prevent bad luck. It might be in Morocco that people like to have tea with their sugar.

It's fun learning about a whole new culture and trying to understand how things work in different countries. I'm looking forward to this session and hope to learn more about the Middle East!

p/s: can't wait to live with all of you this fall! Thanks Madicella for being such an awesome housemate:D

BWL,

Karen