so just before the juulde fete at the end of ramadan, one of my other moms came home. she had been in nouakchott for a few months with "a stomach ache." the interaction between the two women at the house is remarkably civil and complimentary, one very quiet and funny, the other in much more of a disciplinarian role. strangely, most of the kids call their mother "aunt" and the older woman "mom."
so ramadan is finally over, mashalllah. what did we do? wear hideously huge bou bous that were vaguely barney colored and eat a lot of food. all day long. most people go to their friends' houses and say something that roughly translates to "forgive me for the last year," which i thought was pretty rad. hopefully i'll get up some more pictures in the next few days of these amazing pieces of clothing we wore. indescribable.
finally getting things started, hopefully opening our gmc (girls' mentoring center) sometime in november. in kaedi for a halloween party this weekend (costume still confidential right now, pictures to follow). sala and i have been brewing homemade brousse wine, which is surprisingly and effective and doesn't taste bad either.
more soon, inshallah.
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