Being Chinese American is a huge part of my identity here, and I’d like to use this blog post to share three journal entries I wrote on being Asian in Morocco. They’re written in the span of six months (one in September, one in November, and one in March), on similar but different topics. I’ll … Continue reading Three posts about being Chinese American in Morocco
Before coming to Rabat, I’d never lived in a large city. I lived for eight years in Fremont, California (a suburb of San Jose), then I lived in Cary, North Carolina (a suburb of Raleigh) for the rest of my life. I did live in Nanjing, China (a really big city) until I was four, … Continue reading I don’t see little kids by themselves in Rabat streets
There’s a tailor who works right next to the entrance of my host family’s apartment complex. In fact, she’s really friendly with my host mom and comes in often to use the bathroom; there’s also a door in our living room that opens directly to where she works. She and I greet each other whenever we cross … Continue reading languages and chance
written as a journal entry for Global Citizen class on November 18th, 2016 Continue reading my host mother on cooking
December 12th was the birthday of the prophet Muhammad. We didn’t have school that day, alhamdullilah. Part 1: Salé and the parade We went to the family house of a former K-L YES inbound student. It was her grandparents who had started the tradition of having a parade around Salé with thirteen huge wax candles. Part … Continue reading Prophet’s birthday celebrations + food
From Raleigh to Rabat 