Cutting it a little close, weren’t we?
Mbark l-Eid Said, everybody! !عيد مبارك سعيد
UPDATE: The holiday is all but over. I may give a more in-depth rundown of the day’s festivities later, but for now I thought I’d pass on my personal highlight, the winning quote of the day.
It comes from my three-year-old host brother, Mehdi. He and I were watching as his father sacrificed, then dismantled, the ram. “Ah!” he shouted, the final piece of skin peeling away, “It’s made of meat!”
Runner-up goes to my 13-year-old host sister, who, once the skin had been removed and the organs were starting to come out, sighed and turned towards the door. “I’m going inside to watch Oprah.”


(CNN) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday praised as “one of the best” the oldest Peace Corps volunteer in the world, an 85-year old Florida woman serving in Morocco. 





