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…
This session, Al-Waha will be attending International Day, hosted by Waldsee (the German language village village) in Bemidji, MN. This Friday, August 14, we will join all the other language villages for a day of singing, dancing, sharing cultures, and…
Tonight’s evening program was una fiesta mexicana! We traded our tarboushes for sombreros and traveled to Mexico for a night of bailando. Villagers made reservations for 8 at lunchtime and were given extra time before dinner to dress up for…
In the two-week program, villagers have two language learning groups per day, or “adventures” as we say in Arabic. Villagers are grouped in similar language levels and spend the first session playing games, doing activities, and running around while practicing…
The days at Al-Waha have been busy, busy, busy, and it is hard to think where the time has gone. We apologize for the delay between posts; we will certainly update more regularly for the rest of the session.
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Today we welcomed a new group of two-week villagers to Al-Waha Arabic language village, and from the looks of them, we anticipate a great session ahead of us. It was a busy day for all as the villagers checked-in, chose…
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