Tag Archives: Middle East

Care for some hummus with your pop-culture terrorist images?

Posted on April 15, 2012 by lizcameron

It is late at night, and I am thousands of miles from my cozy New England home here in Oregon. I am cooped up in my tiny, yet luxurious, hotel room, frantically making notes for my report to my boss … Continue reading →

Posted in America post 9-11, Turkish Food!, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Men and Pedicures: Macho duck – or “metro-sexual” from a Muslim land?

Posted on April 1, 2012 by lizcameron

When I last left you, I was sharing my story of exposure to the Arabian Nights thanks to my mother, who championed imagination and a broad world view uber alles when it came to raising her girls.  She did not, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cross-cultural learning moments, Gendered moments, Visits from the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Of Turkish tea, American coffee – and the Arabian Nights in the Bathtub

Posted on March 31, 2012 by lizcameron

When I last left you, dear readers, I was wired out of my mind on Turkish tea in an effort to keep myself going on a stack of statistics exams.  I made it through the stack with a total of … Continue reading →

Posted in Early exposure to Islam, On writing about my life with the Karagöz puppets | Tagged , , , , , | 10 Comments