Keep Your Shirt On: Clothes in Kurdistan Hannah and Colleen address one of the most commonly asked questions about living in Iraq: "Do you have to cover your head?" And they give a rough overview of women's clothing in the Middle East with a focus on what they saw and wore in Northern Iraq. Then [...]
This summer, each Wednesday afternoon in July, we'll be taking a team of volunteers to a Nashville apartment complex where hundreds of refugee children are wasting away their summer hours playing video games and watching TV. Our goal is to change that. We've picked out four classic children's stories and will share one each week. We [...]
That awkward moment when you're walking down the street and spot a guy walking a cute fluffy puppy....except it's not a puppy, it's a baby sheep. (I have a picture of said sheep) Me: Diderot and d'Alembert were responsible for putting together one of the first encyclopedias (mid 1700s) Student: Did they put it on [...]
Visiting My Daughter in Iraq (part 3) Over the next few days we met the rest of the team and shared several meals with them. We got to meet many of the students and saw her interaction with them, their questions about everything. We got to go shopping, both at the markets in the city, [...]
