My family

I have fallen in love with my family! My “dad”, Jamal, is 28 and my “mom”, Faduwa, is 25. Jamal’s sister, Majda, is 21 and really cool. She took us shopping yesterday around the medina and it was so much fun. We went to a traditional dress shop as well as a gorgeous tannery. Jamal would have taken us, but right before we got here he got into a car accident and is unable to do much of anything. He broke his right arm, his left leg and has at least one large laceration on his face. Because of his injury, we are living in the “big house” with his mom (who we call grandma) and Majda. It is so much fun. Jamal and Faduwa have two kids, Simo 6 and Zizu 3. They are absolutely adorable. I am SO glad that I finally get little siblings! I can’t believe how much energy they have all of the time, it is crazy.

So far, Arabic is a lot harder than Turkish. After one week, I only know about 3 words, none of which do me much good in real life. At home, grandma is constantly laughing at my awful attempts at Arabic. Shannon is my roommate for homestay, which is awesome because she is my roommate back home! It was really easy adjusting to life in a Moroccan home with Shannon.

There is not much else that I have to say today, hopefully I will soon!