July 24, 2003

The weekend is here, and tomorrow, we've got a trip with the other PAS (Palestine and Arabic Studies) students. After last week's travel experiences, we're sticking close to "home" this evening.

Our Birzeit neighbors’ children.

We went down to Birzeit village where we met up with the family with whom we were neighbors two years ago when we studied at Birzeit. Their kids have all gotten older, one of them headed off to college next year (and one remains shy of the camera).

The high school comprehensive exam results are out, and have been published in the local newspapers. We looked through the dozens of pages to find results for the Latin School in Zababdeh - staggering, with most of the kids scoring in the nineties! Fantastic.