Syrian weddings happen in stages and include some interesting traditions – some of these are sweet and some of them left us rolling our eyes.
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Nuptuals
Posted in Cultural Observations, Family, Happenings, Medical Issues, Women's Issues on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Edu-Drama
Posted in Cultural Observations on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When we think of June we think of watermelon, windy days and weddings. When Syrians think of June only one thing comes to their minds: TESTS.
June is the month when colleges give their final exams, and it’s the month when all 9th graders take their tracking exam, but it is mostly the month of the [...]
Auja
Posted in Cultural Observations on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a picture of Auja I got from Food & Wine magazine online. ( http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/almonds )
Pimp my ride
Posted in Cultural Observations, Humor on March 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Drivers in Damascus, like most other places, like to personalize their vehicles. Mini buses often have baby shoes (for good luck) hanging from the hitch in the back, and many private cars have things like fake grease splatter stickers adorning them (that one I’ll never get).
Taxi drivers go all out. Taxis often [...]
A Syrian Joke
Posted in Cultural Observations, Humor on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PICTURE OF HOMS, SYRIA
From oyonalaalkaown.maktoobblog.com
The other day in one of my ESL classes the lesson was about jokes and humor. One of my students told a Homsi joke. It’s funny how every culture has its own form of these jokes. In America when I was growing up we told “Polock” jokes. [...]
Blastin’ it
Posted in Cultural Observations on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I was waiting for a taxi and from the other side of the street came the sound of Arabic music blasting from a car. Duffs (Arabic hand drums) and voices – really classical Arabic music. When I looked up I found a white Suzuki truck driving by, the kind with rails attached [...]
