The Medina

ok, so first put yourself in a maze. Not an Iowa corn maze, but a Harry Potter Tri-wizard cup maze with stone walls and cobblestone street. Now add in every type of shop you've ever seen in your life. Every farmer's market, butcher shop, world market, and the L.A. fashion district. Take every strong scent you have ever smelled, times by a ten, add that in. Add a roof, sometimes, and never be quite sure if you are inside or outside. Now add a Mosque and the "infinity" that is in Arabic mosaics. Now add chickens (being killed and lamb heads). Now watch out for donkeys about to run you over. ok now you can maybe start to imagine the Medina.

Today I went to Quranic school and listened to kids recite the Quran. Yesterday I had a conversation with my cab driver about love in arabic. It went something like this (all in Arabic on little sleep):
Him: do you have a love?
Me: yes, we go to the same university. he is in London now.
Him: Do you sleep in the bed with him?
Me: (weirded out) no
Him: why not?
Me: my mother wouldn't like it
Him: that is your mother!!
Him: you do not love him then
Me: yes I do!
Him: you say it only with your mouth
Me: No, I say it with your heart.

Then for a long time we practiced saying "my love, I love you with my heart and soul"

I love Morocco.