ftur with classmates and teacher

alrighty! so, i am a little behind, but that is okay, right?

my brilliant and amazing classmate decided to host a ftour for our teacher who is without his family during Ramadan. i think you will enjoy the footage!

it was a lot of fun to help put the tables together all nice and festive. she had many traditional and not so traditional foods, so it was fun for sure. there were like ten of us i think. it was great for some of the folks to practice their Arabic with our teacher.

here you see many traditional foods: the harira up top being served, the shebakia (the best i have had thus far), msmin, dates, honey. then my snazzy classmate kicked in some quiche, fruit, banana smoothies to add her flair. it was a lot of fun.

each night at to signal the ftour there is a cannon that will go off, along with the regular call to prayer. we can't hear the cannon from our apartment, but you can hear it from my friend's house. that was kind of cool. i had just missed it as i was walking outside to hear it, the guys were coming in after the signal. all in all it was delicious and really fun to serve our teacher in this way.

here's my fabulous classmate and me at another fun gathering we had. i am just so thankful for her and her hospitality!