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throwing it back to ancient civilizations!

Published: July 30, 2018

Izzayyikom?! How are you?! Welcome back to our blog! The first thing we did today was say our goodbyes to our artist-in-resident Ahmed Ali El Haggar. To commemorate, we took a group photo:

gathered outside  Al-Quds...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afterwards, the villagers headed to their first mughamara. I followed and interrupted them to take some side profile shots for an activity for the evening program happening later today. As you can imagine, it was quite awkward.

can't keep in that smile!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, we continued with our arts and sports time, where the calligraphy session villagers had just completed their designs.

a job well done!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, we headed to the beach to play and chill!

a hardcore game of volleyball...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a sand bath!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

taking the swim test...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

getting a canoeing lesson...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

finally out on the water!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and another one...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and another one...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

everyone out on the water!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

collecting shells!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

trying to get the volleyball out of the water...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chess and cards at the beach...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

twisting the afternoon away...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following dinner, we went to sahar el-layali, our name for the evening program. Today’s topic was ancient civilizations, and we specifically focused on the Phoenicians, Babylonians, and Ancient Egyptians.

At the Babylonian station, we mainly talked about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Malwiyya Minaret.

villagers wrote their wishes on post-it notes to stick on the hanging gardens replica...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

replicating the minaret with the sand at the beach...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the Phoenician station, we learned about the Phoenician alphabet and some of the inventions that Phonecians contributed like the wheel and the boat.

a brief history lesson...(the best kind)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

writing our names: Phoenician edition...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the Ancient Egyptian station, we used the side profile shots from this morning to create paper replicas of the Nefertiti bust.

another side profile...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

how should our head pieces look?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

one fantastic example!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By the way, the concert video from two nights ago is now ready, and you can watch it below. A special shout-out to our counselor/teacher Safiyya for taking and editing the footage!

And thank you to you all for joining us once again on our blog!

 

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