Monday, November 27, 2006

JORDAN



i am so curious to learn about how Jordan changes after spending 3 years away living in another country,,
i remember my house there in a new city that has few complete houses and other still building ones,
i remember the snow there which we don't have here
i remember the school pressure and the exams and the H.W and worrying all the time about the grades,,
i remember Ramadan and i miss it because we never feel it here,,
i miss the pray sound
i remember walking on the street and hearing dozens of comments from people about others and about me and who i walk with
i remember the messy traffic
i remember our neighbors and a good relation and connection with them


i have many positive thoughts about Jordan ,, but still i like where i live now more


The U.S is much more different than how Arab see it,, i am not judging if it is better or worse,, each living in Arabic culture or American culture has pros and cons, BUT what i like more in the American culture than Arabic culture


is


how people are free to express their feelings and their thoughts,, they are very able to define it and recognize it and honor it.


when you ask someone How are you or how are you feeling he or she gives the right for himself to say something more than FINE. there body language, Face Expression, and language are all used as tools to express feelings. BUT in an Arabic culture as i was telling my sister the other day when you talk to someone it is like you are talking to a STONE that has no feelings. Arabs are grown up learning that we have to Obey and listen but we can't talk!!

1 comment:

Rania said...

"When you ask someone How are you or how are you feeling he or she gives the right for himself to say something more than FINE..." I like that, it's really true. It's like we're raised to wear masks, to pretend, to function according to expectations and convention instead of what's true for *us*.
There's too much pretending... it's like you don't live for yourself. And it's sad because how many lives will you have until you decide to make it about *you*?

I'm so glad you're blogging again... it's great to see you out there. Keep sharing what's on your mind:)