Every year the president of Yarmouk University throws a party for the foreign students that are visiting to study Arabic. Usually this party is at the end of the program, but since the current president is retiring on July 1, he decided to throw the party early. So, on Tuesday night we were treated to a delicious feast, live music, and some dancing from Yarmouk's dancing club. Here are some pictures to give you all an idea of what it looked like. Sorry that they aren't that great of photos...
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| My table |
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| A terrible picture of the dancers and musicians. I have a good video of this, but unfortunately the file is way to big to upload with the internet connection that I have. I guess you'll have to wait until I come back! |
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| At the end of the dance routine, some students and faculty joined in the dance. |
Unfortunately, this week was not all partying. Today we had a mind-numbing 4 tests (reading, speaking, listening, and grammar). The tests were challenging, but I feel confident that I did pretty well. It's partly a blessing that NYU is not accepting transfer credits for these courses because then I don't have to get stressed out. I can just do my best and not worry about the grades.
After a day of tests, some of my fellow classmates and I, along with a few Jordanian students decided to blow off some steam by playing some كرة القدم, or soccer (literally: ball of the foot). It's always good to play soccer, but playing at 3:00 in the afternoon on black top in the summer sun was definitely exhausting!
Tomorrow our group will visit Jerash, Umm Qais, and Ajloun, which are some historic sites near to Irbid. I'm looking forward to seeing some cool ruins and having a day without school work. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pictures of these places in the next couple of days.
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