November 4, 2000

An evening with our Zababdeh ex-pat community.

Reverse culture shock. Tonight we had a "surprise birthday party" and "potluck" for one of the American girls who lives next door. Amidst all of the Americans (other than us, connected with the Arab-American University of Jenin - impressive given the political climate) were one Irishman and a German. In addition to everything else, we played charades (have you ever tried to act out Ishtar?)