Tonight Jon's friend and co-worker Jabber invited our family over for dinner.
It was a very cool experience. Jabber is Saudi and in the Saudi culture men and women are very much segregated outside of a family setting. So Jon, and the boys went with Jabber and his older sons to the men's sitting area of his house and had dinner.
Jabber's wife and I went to a different part of the house where the women get together and mingle. We had dinner there with the children. Dinner was delicious. I love middle easter food.
Jabber's wife was very sweet but did not speak much english and I only know a few arabic words or phrases but not enough to carry out a long conversation. Luckily they had invited a cousin who spoke some english who could translate for us.
We had a wonderful evening and feel truly grateful for Jabber and his family to share their culture with us.
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