Arabian Night

partial roommate picture

There has been talk about the epic night of Arabian food, pictures, and best of all....dancing! That night came and it was epic indeed! We had a couple of Arabs come and show us how they pray and how they do their call to prayer. It is one of my favorite things here in Jerusalem....listening to the call to prayer. There is something so enchanting about being out on the balcony at sunset with the amazing view of the old city when the call to prayer comes on.  Sometimes it doesn't even feel like real life -- but it is, and I love it!

me and some Arabian

Anyway, we got to listen to a couple of Arabs demonstrate how they recite the prayers from the Koran. It was really exciting! We had a big dinner afterward.... lots of Arabian food! Everyone looked so awesome all dressed up. We then learned how to dance, Arabian style of course. It was really different, but we got really into it and had a blast! The people teaching us were students that go to the local high school here in Jerusalem. They had a little set-up for people to take pictures with their beautiful scarves and genie pants. It was like the movie Aladdin coming to life!    

Amy, Cassie, me, and Desiree

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