My friend Brett posted this article on his facebook account today. It's a New York Times feature on the Dar al-Mustafa madrasa in Tariim, the very same one that I visited with the YLC group two years ago ( Read more... )

Perhaps it's silly to get out some political babble right now, but I just watched Obama's Cairo speech, and have to admit, I'm fairly impressed. (Except for the part where I had to go digging through the news websites to find the bloody video, but that's another story.) Maybe it's just something about the presidential speech-writers, or maybe it ( Read more... )

This entry is two things: 1--a massive download, as it has all of my Hadramout photos, and 2--my final post on my adventures in Yemen. However, I'll keep this journal open, in case I end up travelling again anytime in the near-ish future.

( So many photos... )

( Of mountains, folk dancing, and inaccessible shrines. )

This is one of my favorites--just a random garden near Canal Street, next to the old city.

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Greetings, one and all. I've finally getting all my photos formatted and uploaded (not to mention selecting the best third or so of nearly four hundred photos), so here we go.

I figure it's best to start with ( some sights of Sana'a and my temporary home.... )

I've made it back to Madison, safe and sound, with only a minimal amount of hassle and setback ( Read more... )

It's finally hit me that I start coming home to the States tonight. Wherever those five weeks went, I have no idea--I feel like I've only just arrived ( Read more... )

( As promised, an extra long post about the hijaab in Yemen. )

A while back, we had a guest lecture from a gentleman who from the Ministry of Water Management, which despite all preconceived notions, was actually a really interesting talk.

( More on droughts and water barons. )