In Palestine, sort of.

My new, engaged to be married, life in the Baqa'a Palestinian Refugee Camp, Amman, Jordan.

I’m tired and angry

I’m tired and stressed and angry. More to come if I get the energy to document it.

Categories: my life

death, divorce, and moving across the world. »

about me.

i am an american and my name is brooke. i am engaged to be married to a palestinian-jordanian man who lives in the baqa'a refugee camp, outside of amman. i recently orally defended my phd dissertation in educational technology and will do my re-writes from jordan.

i don't speak arabic, but i can learn it. i'm not muslim, but i don't mind wearing abayas and hijabs. i fell in love with the palestinian people in 2008. in 2011 i met a palestinian-jordanian woman who felt like a long lost sister, so i went to visit her. my fiance saw me on a visit to baqa'a, which is near my sister's home. i got back to america, heard that he had proposed, and i said yes.

so. marriage at 39. to a man i know is very good and kind. doing it the palestinian way. moving to a new country that is LOUD. i'm quiet. living in a refugee camp. it's a whole new life and these are my thoughts about it all.

we must save the world.

Erin's Dream Lanyards (and Manyards (and necklaces)
Breaking the Silence
BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
The Compassionate Listening Project
Heartline Ministries in Haiti

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