June 1, 2009 - July 20, 2009: Internship in Amman, Jordan with ISG (International Solutions Group). Myself and a fellow Columbia grad student will be conduction research on conflict dynamics in Jordan. The following are blogs from our experience.
-Roz
View of Vayetown
Sasstown workshop
I'm leading the section on Market Observation
Sunday Football Game
Monrovia
Robertsport Beach
Cassava Leaf
Cassava is delicious... especially when compared with fufu...
Fufu
Honestly, this food is not that tasty...
Fishermen
Robertsport
Fishermen in Robertsport
Catching fish, crab and lobster
Market Observation
Staff and Youth in Robertsport observing their local market
Market Observation in action
Robertsport Youth Education Pack Center doing a market observation of their local market
Tie-Dye students
Robertsport YEP center
Masonry students practicing
Robertsport YEP center
Carpentry Student
in Robertsport
Gettin' Down in Vayetown
Gettin' Down in Vayetown
Gettin' down in Vayetown
Vayetown training
A staff member is pretending to be a Juice Manufacturing Company manager and the young woman is interviewing her in a role-play
NRC motorbike
parked at the Vayetown YEP center
Lil girl up close and personal in Sasstown
Sasstown Market
Sasstown Market
Fabric Vendor
Behtown YEP Center
Liberian Flag
Training Session in Sasstown
Sandra introducing our training
Behtown YEP Center Literacy Instructor
Me and Beatrice
After pupu...
PSA in Sasstown
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Backpack!
Lil girl representing in Sasstown
Our apartment is the red building
Our apartment building in Sinkor
Egg Sellers
Red Light Market
Red Light Market
Only stray dogs pepe here
First Sunset in Liberia
Driving with Sheriff from the airport to Monrovia
Wadi Mujib-Siq Trail--doesn't show the scary parts but does show the coolness
(not actually my photo, stolen from some website)
A sneak peek of the coming attraction (petra!)
Posing with royalty
Wallpaper at Petra hostel
Columbia University Middle East Research Center
if only SIPA were as nice as this...
Window Display in "the balad" (downtown)
Amman
Abu Raed
Gamel
Wadi Rum's desert sunset
Train passing through Wadi Rum
Abu Raed
our bedouin guide
Our bedouin camp ground
Wadi Rum
End of the World--this way!
A wide view of the Monastery
Our crew at Petra
The Monastery at Petra
Town of Wadi Musa
Petra Treasury
Map of Jordan
Cars outside the mosque
taken from my window
Cheesy photo: triumphant after our first drive home
Our massive dining room we never use
Me at the Blue Mosque
also in Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul street
A stopover on the way to Jordan
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