There isn’t even a whisper of wireless in my neighborhood. My cousin Sezin tells me there are only three or four people that have Internet at all, much less any wireless. She has internet, but for some reason certain US sites don’t load. None of the Google pages will load English language versions, and I [...]
Entries from December 2006
December 30, 2006
Thursday December 28th; 02:00 PST
Ah, Istanbul! A relative, Ercan Abi, picked us up from the airport. On the way to his house, where his wife had dinner waiting for us, I counted 6 mosques right off the freeway, minarets and all. Istanbul is all lit up, with decorations and lights for the `Id and New Year’s holidays that are [...]
December 30, 2006
Wednesday, December 27th; Airplane, 6:20AM PST
I <3 practicing Muslims. There’s nothing like being on a plane and not being the only one praying in your seat. Holla @ practicing Muslims!
December 30, 2006
Wednesday, December 27th; German Airport, 03:35 PST
I’m on the last leg of my three-hour layover at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany. I don’t have Internet access here, so I’ll just type my blog posts out into documents and figure out how to transfer them online when I can. The German airport brings me closer to the familiarity of Turkey. Every other [...]
December 26, 2006
Bye-Bye USA!!!
Well, I’m leaving my house in a few minutes for LAX insha’Allah. I’ll try to keep this updated very often, and please remember to keep me in your du`a’. You’re all in mine. Asselamu `aleykum!
December 25, 2006
pre-research
Today I worked on re-formulating my research questions for my thesis project that insha’Allah I’ll be doing work on in Turkey this winter. Basically what I’ll be doing is interviewing tons of university students, probably after the new year. Originally, I was going to research the impact of the hijab ban on hijabis in Turkey, [...]
December 24, 2006
“I seek refuge in Allah from knowledge that brings no wisdom, from a heart that lacks kindness, from desires that bring discontent, and from supplications that go unanswered.”
- The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah
December 22, 2006
Travel Plans
So, this is my itinerary insha’Allah:
December 26th — Departing from LAXDecember 27th-January 2nd: IstanbulJanuary 2nd-5th: IzmirJanuary 5-11th: IstanbulJanuary 11-14th: Dusseldorf, Germany
