As a follow up about the awesomeness of Maha, I thought it would be appropriate to include a translation of the email I just got from her. The background is that before leaving she had told me I could continue sending her things written in Arabic and she would correct them and help me with my style, so I had sent her a rather long letter written in Arabic for job-search stuff. After the rewritten version of my message that she provided, she wrote:
Dear D.C.
You've begun to drag your heels now. Where are the letters you promised me? Did they not travel with you? I want you to write me all the time and not be lazy. Of course I will be happy to correct all of it.
Greetings to you and your family.
Be well.
Maha
Haha. Harsh. I thought it was going to be an every-once-in-a-while thing, a privilege which I would not want to abuse. Apparently she's still giving me homework. So....free tutoring! My heart sinks a litle whenever I think about typing all that Arabic up (I'm still really slow), but that's the only way to learn right? And Maha knows it.
In other news, here's a picture of my Spanish housemate's cat, Rey (King). He's five-months old, and infinitely cooler than the other devil cat I once lived with.
But most importantly he'll never go into heat. Full post about yesterday's protests and an update on my living situation coming soon.
Dear D.C.
You've begun to drag your heels now. Where are the letters you promised me? Did they not travel with you? I want you to write me all the time and not be lazy. Of course I will be happy to correct all of it.
Greetings to you and your family.
Be well.
Maha
Haha. Harsh. I thought it was going to be an every-once-in-a-while thing, a privilege which I would not want to abuse. Apparently she's still giving me homework. So....free tutoring! My heart sinks a litle whenever I think about typing all that Arabic up (I'm still really slow), but that's the only way to learn right? And Maha knows it.
In other news, here's a picture of my Spanish housemate's cat, Rey (King). He's five-months old, and infinitely cooler than the other devil cat I once lived with.
But most importantly he'll never go into heat. Full post about yesterday's protests and an update on my living situation coming soon.
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