Welcome

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.

International Day

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…

Video Page!

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…

Colonialism

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…

Song Time- our first video!


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 more…

Flag Raising Ceremony

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…