Playing Dominoes in a Kurdish Tea House
I always thought the game “dominoes” only involved lining up tiles or cards into a pattern, just far apart from one another so that when you topple one, the rest […]
I always thought the game “dominoes” only involved lining up tiles or cards into a pattern, just far apart from one another so that when you topple one, the rest […]
A few weeks ago, some of the guys in the house decided some culinary experimentation was necessary and set off to make kubbah, a traditional Kurdish dish. Well, it’s a […]
I found the cutest pair of shoes at a secondhand market in Ranya for $4. They’re almost my size, and only pinch my toes a tiny bit! Sometimes you just […]
The adventure of the day was getting a rabies vaccine. Yes, that’s right. A rabies vaccine. The reason I got a rabies vaccine today – because death by rabies is a […]
Spongebob drawing by Bwer, a chubby little 3rd grader. So adorbs. My kids know me so well. If you didn’t know, I happen to love Spongebob 🙂
I’ve been reading Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong during my hour-long commutes in London. It’s a survey of American history textbooks, and everything that’s wrong with […]
The second installment of the “Life in Kurdistan” series is about gender relations, or more specifically, being a woman – a foreign, “Western” woman – here in Kurdistan. ***An aside: […]
Today’s post is from Anna, my fellow English teacher here in Ranya. Thought it’d be good to get another p.o.v. on living and working in Kurdistan, though I will put […]
Announcing a new series, “Life in Kurdistan”, where I’ll be talking about what it’s like to live in Kurdistan, in a slightly different vein than I have been so far. As […]
We’ve reached an important milestone today in my English classes: speaking in grammatically correct, full sentences. Background context: Most of my “conversations” with the kids I teach consist of: Child: […]