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2 May 2007 ? Wednesday
Dinner last night was at Baalbek, a Lebanese restaurant (now there is a surprise) very close to AUK ? 5 minute walk. Michael Herb, a faculty member at GA State in Atlanta and here on a semester Fulbright, gave a talk at 5pm on ?Democratization… Read the rest
9:30 a.m. We had a meeting yesterday here at AUK with two of my in-
country colleagues regarding interlibrary borrowing. Dr. Yaser is
from PAAET and Shobhita is from GUST.… Read the rest
28 April 2007 ? Saturday
Yours truly had a quiet weekend. As usual, cleaned up the apartment Thursday morning ? cleaning to the music of Alissa (Lebanese) and the BeeGees ? talk about eclectic! I took Bill & Elaine Wadden out to Midas for some furniture shopping, then to the souk in Kuwait City ?… Read the rest
25 April 2007 – Wednesday
The weather here has taken an ugly turn with heavy dust in the air the past couple of days ? all very gray and breezy. The temperatures, though, rise steadily ? welcome to the desert and the Middle East.… Read the rest
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14 April 2007 ? Saturday
Well, classes are back in session and everyone seems to have benefited from the week off for Spring Break. All four of us are in the office ? me, Amna, Hana, Reham.… Read the rest
11 April 2007 ? Wednesday
It is the last day of Spring Break week here at AUK. The campus is very quiet, as one might expect. Amna and Hana are here at work with me as we do odds ?n ends to keep busy.… Read the rest
