Salaam Aleikum,
so I started to do yoga. I am in pain. The sun salutation is amazing at first but painful in its aftermath. Anyway today is Valentine's Day, and guess what folks, Moroccan girls love it as much as Americans. Flowers raining from everywhere, dried flowers, chocolate, and cake. I did not participate, I was an even bigger ass and left the posse behind being an old man. Damn age....
Otherwise today was quite interesting, I had a lengthy conversation with my roommate about different cultures. It is rude to keep your distance from people when talking to them. One might see it as saying the person smells bad. Another that he informed me off is that here you always need to watch what is coming behind you in the medinas. You might have an awkward encounter with donkeys, mules, or horses.
In the past days I have learned a lot about the Israel-Palestinian conflict. It is not necessarily that all Palestinians hate Jews. The reality is that they hate the Israeli government. They hate the fact that for them Israel, no matter why or how, is "occupying" their land Palestine. Palestinian hatred is geared at Jews partially because Israel itself defines itself as Jewish state. Obviously this not the whole explanation of the problem but it covers a part of it.
This weekend I might actually try to read the Qur'an to see what is in it.
Tallah!
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