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About lornaofarabia

I am a teacher from Medford, Oregon. I currently live and work in Bangkok, Thailand.

From our roving reporter

Posted on 19 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

My daughter Alekka reports on her Grade 10 Week Without Walls experience in… Oops, wrong map. Gondar and Lalibela… Every year at ICS each grade level takes a trip. Freshmen always go to the Bale Mountains, juniors to Woliso, and… … Continue reading →

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White man dancing

Posted on 17 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

I have written at length about the culinary nirvana that is Ethiopian food, so I won’t repeat myself here (not today, anyway).  My uninitiated American friends can find out where to find the good stuff if they scroll to the … Continue reading →

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Beware the ides of March

Posted on 15 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

Andreas led a 6th grade field trip to Menagasha today.  They toured the Born Free foundation, a wild animal rescue non-profit that operates in a number of locations around the world.  Here in Ethiopia they run a shelter for exotic … Continue reading →

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Let’s do the time warp again

Posted on 10 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

Remember that post I wrote about the Ethiopian calendar?  It’s a little strange to find ourselves in 2005 again.  Here’s another oddity of the space-time continuum – Ethiopians don’t measure daily time the way we do in the west, either. … Continue reading →

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Battle of Adwa

Posted on 5 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

Last night our school commemorated one of the most important events in Ethiopian history: the defeat of General Oreste Baratieri’s Italian army by Emperor Menelik II’s Ethiopian forces at Adwa on March 1, 1896. A little background: By the late … Continue reading →

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Shameless self-promotion

Posted on 4 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

Hurray for me!  Not only have I posted exactly 100 entries in Lorna of Arabia, but I got picked for blog of the month at the website Expat Blog.

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New After School Activity

Posted on 1 Mar 2013 by lornaofarabia

Ukulele Club Tuesdays Grade Levels: 6-12 Location: room 67 Learn some basic chords and strumming patterns; play some songs in a group and individually. Ukuleles are fun, so the idea is we will have some fun and make some good … Continue reading →

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A run for the money

Posted on 27 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

ICS held its 4th annual Charity Walk & Run this last Saturday.  The event is a fundraiser for three excellent local charities.  ICS students and teachers volunteer throughout the year with these organizations, but the annual run is special in … Continue reading →

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Ish

Posted on 25 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

“Ishee” is a word in Amharic.  When spoken, it is usually followed by a sharp, audible intake of breath for emphasis.  Although sometimes it just sounds like “ish”.  And sometimes it’s just the breath. Ish or ishee means something like … Continue reading →

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Menegasha forest

Posted on 23 Feb 2013 by lornaofarabia

Last Saturday we took the faranji-mobile out for a little local exploration.  Our destination was the Menagesha forest, about a 40 minute drive southwest of our home. The forest is Ethiopia’s oldest park – in fact, it lays claim to being … Continue reading →

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