Saudi teen meets Maine: clouds, camping and pink camels

Sixteen-year student exchange Rema Alyahya was all smiles as she squeezed my hand in the kitchen of her home one year in Brewer. Next month, she returned to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but for now she lives the life of a typical American teenager - homework, come graduation.

All international students are faced with a challenge of transition when they come to the United States, but the challenge is often more important for students to conservative Muslim cultures. Rema success in bridging the cultural gap was supreme.

After an hour with a family dog ​​lounging, two parakeets noisy, a Slovak friend's mother Rema and jovial host dad, and dazzling enthusiasm Rema itself, I could see that c It was a game ideal family.

Journey2Allah: When You Are Cheated

Like one of my friends said, if Allah wants me to have my luggage lost, it will return it to me. Alhamdulillah, yesterday evening I received a message that the baggage was found and was waiting at the airport. They did not send the luggage to my place. But that was quite good because the airport is approximately 15 minutes from my house (if the taxi drivers do not cheat!). So I took a taxi and went to the airport this afternoon with my son and my friend and we got there in time and not cost us a few dollars Alhamdulillah.

The Perfect Muslimah

1. On a warm December afternoon, Zahra Nahim stood in her narrow kitchen pulling flat ovals of bread out of the oven, piling plates with yellow rice and shredded chicken — and thoroughly dusting the front of her black abaya with white flour.
2. They laugh at silly jokes, trip on the hems of their abayas going up stairs, sometimes swear in several languages when they get cut off in traffic, burn dinner, make gourmet meals, maintain a beautiful home, and barely manage to keep the dust bunnies
3. Try to buy a cup of coffee and the Euro prices will bankrupt you, mirroring their high cost economies in dire straights. Transit through Singapore or Hong Kong, other major hubs, and the super efficiency and prosperity of East Asia hits you.