Jake Kile CP #3

Sunday night I met with Turki and many other Arab CIES students at Turki's apartment for Iftar from 8:15-10:30. Because it is the month of Ramadan, I joined them for dinner when the sun set and talked with Turki, Salem, and others. It was a wonderful experience but a bit difficult to pick up any bits of Arabic they were speaking. I was able to practice a little bit of my Arabic skills and introduced myself and spoke a bit. During the dinner I asked many questions about the delicious food we ate and talked about American sports because we had the NBA Finals basketball game on the TV. I really enjoyed getting to learn more about Arabic and especially Saudi culture and by speaking and watching everyone during Iftar and prayer after dinner I understood more. Everyone was so polite and after dinner we drank coffee and had nice conversations about American sports and popular TV shows.