Today was not as busy as yesterday, which I’m thankful for because I was still tired. We had class where we talked about government and non-government organizations as well as Iran and nuclear arms. I’m pretty bad at speaking and understanding Arabic but I get a little bit better every day. I still forget words as soon as I hear them, but I’m remembering more.
After class, we met with our conversation partners again. Tonight all the men in the group participated in a mock Omani military-ish ceremony which is kind of hard to describe. It kind of reminded me of the military Exhibition Drill. The two ceremonies we had mock versions of were called ‘Azi and Razha. Hopefully someone recorded a video that I’ll be able to share later.
My notes from today. I’m trying to draw pictures for new vocab instead of the English word. So the word with the stick figures under it on the left means “minorities”.
Was it like this?
https://youtu.be/xw4Ma-9xpeE
Youtube doesn’t work from my room so I will have to verify this later… But you can type this into youtube and if it’s the same then probably yes: عمان عازي
These are fascinating comments, Victor. You are doing what some of us only wish we had been able to do, which is to document in real time your experiences, thoughts, and observations. Keep writing! We will keep reading!
dunc
Thanks, Duncan! I’m glad that you’re enjoying the blog.
Hey Victor. Nice to see the blog! I hope you’re having a great time.
Indeed I am! Thanks for checking out the blog.