Arabic: Remembering What I Barely Knew

Posted in Arabic| language
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Three years ago I headed off to Lebanon for 6 weeks with grand plans of studying the beautiful Arabic language. After minoring in Japanese in college and studying in Tokyo for 5 months, I had no delusions of language grandeur. I knew I wasn’t going to leave Lebanon with a full grasp of the language. But I thought… Read more

Aaaaaannd…ACTION!

Posted in Arabic| Beirut| RTW

Pep Talk: OK, Nailah! The calendar has turned, it’s a new year, your travel year, so let’s get to it! If operation *escape the cubicle* is truly going to come together, I need to start taking action. I’ve taken two steps in the right direction in the last two days. I decided on an Arabic language… Read more