Three people taught me about Damascus. My grandma, John Wreford, and a CASA student. Grandma: My first interactions growing up in relation to Damascus was through the beautiful copper and emroidered linens of my grandparents’ home which I lived in for many years. Of course, no mention about copper is complete without a lively story [...]
Accosted
Jan 7th, 2010
I was a very jet lagged American asleep on a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Alexandria, Egypt. I don’t know what I did but in the middle of the flight the German woman sitting behind me violently shook my seat (it felt like a mild fender bender) and yelled at me in German for [...]
Levantine Cuisine
Dec 30th, 2009
Levantine Cuisine Hair hid behind the hijab. A cross around another’s neck. Two women share their secrets Of home learned recipes. And The Egyptian doesn’t know the Syrian’s Levantine cuisine. The next day American women Turn off the news in disgust. And one says to the other Arabs are all terrorists.
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