CCAS

Alex and Zeina,

I would like to thank you for all your hard work in arranging this dream trip. And to all of you, it was a great pleasure meeting you at the orientation, I was so impressed to meet such enthusiastic people interested in the Arab history and culture.

I am a Palestinian born and raised in Ramallah. I had my undergraduate education in Beirut, Lebanon ( we should go on our next trip) and my graduate in the USA in the 70's, and 90's. I taught English as a Second Language at the university level in Lebanon, USA and Kuwait. We came back to the USA in 1990 after the first Gulf War and I have beeen teaching at a high school in Falls Church, VA eversince. Currently, I teach ESOL and Arabic at our high school.

While living in the Middle East I had the chance to visit most of the Arab countries, and Europe but I have never traveled to Africa other than Egypt, so this is my dream trip to start exploring the North African Arab countries. I have three children, Yusef 32, Badria 30, and Hessa 28; they all live in the USA but we regularly go back and visit family and friends in the Middle East.