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the king
The director of the tiny language school where I go for arabic tutoring loves Elvis. Passionately ( Read more... ) -
visa update
ok, looks like things are going to work out. my uncle and I went to the police station Wednesday to ask about getting an extension and by chance met with an officer who was once a student of my uncle's at the university of oran. they chatted; she placed a call to an administrator friend in another branch of government who will be able - we think - ( Read more... ) -
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weekend update
happenings ( Read more... ) -
schizophrenia
I'm enrolled in a French class for adults. It's two hours in the evenings, four evenings a week, and it's very small: in the beginning, it was me and a girl about my age who works as a computer specialist at Sonatrach, the big national energy company; recently we were joined by a young man, either in his last year of high school or his first year ( Read more... ) -
eid, part I
hey again everybody :)
here's a rundown of how we passed the holidays in El Bayadh:
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eid
happy holidays, everybody! christmas passed here largely unnoticed - unless you were a guest at the Sheraton Hotel (possibly the most modern-looking building in all Oran), whose lobby boasts a Christmas tree, a santa claus and snowflake window decor. right now everybody is getting ready for Eid al-Adha, the muslim holiday that celebrates Abraham's ( Read more... ) -
mmm....bessess
I joined a gym the other week, and had my first aerobics class thursday. I joined for a couple of reasons. First, it seemed like a good way to meet other women - and I think it will be: there were about twenty women in the class, young and middle-aged, and the instructor is friendly and energetic. I haven't really talked to anyone other than the ( Read more... )