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| A town where I get mail |
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| New police station in my village |
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| Yep, it's very hot in my apartment early evening, imagine it outside... |
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| The sun goes down for Ramadan |
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| Ikram, my neighbor came over to color and brush my hair. |
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| Kids in nearby village |
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| This little guy is quite a character |
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| Playing with a clown nose |
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| My sleeping cocoon |
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| The call to prayer tells when to break the fast |
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I love children
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| We laughed for hours... |
Ramadan is different for me this year. I don't feel inclined to be as active in the process. I am getting ready to take another break and go with friends to Spain and Portugal. The heat is getting to me. The village is quiet, things are closed and many locals are gone. Although I am remaining positive, I am grateful that this will be my last experience of Ramadan. I have been making the rounds visiting families and friends before the holiday as well as trying to get my work visa renewed. It's quite the process which I started over 2 months ago. Many trips to the local police station, photo copies, coordination with Peace Corps enjoying breakfasts, lunches, coffee and tea with the Gendarme while taking care of all the necessities. I am reminded of a Johnny Cash song: "I'm along way from home and so all alone, homesick like I'd never thought I'd be and everything is wrong, someone please watch over me." In any case, I am grateful to have my computer, my camera, the ability to travel, this experience.I had the opportunity to have a tender moment with one of my sisters yesterday during the first day of Ramadan. She asked me if I have thought about having a man in my life and will I marry? I replied by telling her it's hard in a Muslim culture and not appropriate in the small rural village, which she agreed and encouraged me to visit the bigger cities to get married. I told her I am waiting for the time to be right and when I get back to America I will try my best. She told me how she met her husband. She smiled and I could tell she felt very sorry for me...Oh Morocco, sometimes you make me laugh!
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