{"id":479,"date":"2013-12-20T10:45:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofthedesert.com\/?p=479"},"modified":"2014-08-04T19:46:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T23:46:35","slug":"pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diaryofthedesert.com\/?p=479","title":{"rendered":"Pictures!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In searching my hard drive for something else, I found a zip file my father gave me of pictures he’d taken when he visited me in Jordan. I’d completely forgotten about them and it was such a wonderful experience seeing them again. I feel nostalgic and homesick for the place I’ve called Dir Edis!<\/p>\n

I don’t want to post pictures of recognizable people, so most of them won’t go online. But here are a few pictures of places I’ve mentioned in these posts.<\/p>\n

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The post office\/bus stop in Dir Edis:<\/p>\n

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An artfully-cropped photo of me in my first kitchen, with the gas canister of death<\/a>, a hot-box oven, and my sorry attempt at a plate of malfoof<\/em>. (Fortunately, Amira sent over a plate of\u00a0<\/em>her stuffed cabbage the next day, so my dad got to taste the good stuff.)<\/p>\n

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The Valley bus station in Irbid, where I spent many<\/a>, many<\/a>, many<\/a> happy hours.<\/p>\n

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The kitchen in my second house, including the window through which my correspondent-in-the-tree slipped two notes.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The bathroom in which I almost died.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The views from the roof of my first house. First facing north (the brown haze is Syria and Mount Hermon), and second facing east towards… Iraq, I guess, a long way away.<\/p>\n

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The first school at which I taught<\/a>. At the time, it was the only girls’ school in the village.<\/p>\n

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And last (for now) but not least, Madaba’s Jerusalem fesifusa<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n

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In searching my hard drive for something else, I found a zip file my father gave me of pictures he’d taken when he visited me in Jordan. I’d completely forgotten about them and it was such a wonderful experience seeing them again. I feel nostalgic and homesick for the place I’ve called Dir Edis! I … <\/p>\n

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