اهلا و سهلا to Al-Waha! In our fourth year as a language village, we have been excited to move to a new site in Sandstone, MN. Our first two-week session and our credit session are off to a great start and we look forward to sharing pictures, videos, other media, and important information with you as the weeks progress.
Yesterday, International Day, was a big day for Al-Waha. In order to drive to Bemidji to join the other villages, we woke up at 6:30 and were on busses by 8:45. Luckily, the long bus ride allowed us to catch…
We now have a page on the website devoted to videos from our sessions! In the header of this page, you will see a new category for videos. Hopefully, we will be posting videos frequently from both this current two-week…
On Wednesday evening, our credit villagers studied hard for their final exams while our two-week villagers participated in the evening program. We told the villagers that the program consisted of fun, teambuilding activities, but this was only half of the…
In our two-week program, at the end of our morning language group we all gather in Al-qahira to learn various songs from around the Arab World. Some are traditional and originate in Egypt, Morocco, or Lebanon, while others are…
Every morning at Al-Waha we begin the day with the Flag “raising” Ceremony. Each day we unveil a new Middle Eastern country flag that the villagers must then identify: the name of the country, location on a map, as well…
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