Ghraybeh! Love those things with tea. It is hard to beat qatayef though...

oh, another good tip for avoiding harassment--stay inside after dark.

As another foreign woman in Jordan, I can say that I receive MUCH more harassment than Jordanian women, no matter how they are dressed. I don't look Arab--there is no chance I will be mistaken for someone's possible daughter or sister. This could come from the fact that I live in a rural community--when I go to Amman, I usually don't get harassed. I wear a fake wedding ring to deter shebab. I always wear sunglasses when outside to avoid eye contact. Fortunately, I've made friends with enough doucan owners in my area that I can get them to help me if I have a really persistent sheb bothering me, but that's not always the case. I have a recurring nightmare about a sheb setting my hair on fire on the bus, although it hasn't happened yet. When I walk with a Jordanian woman, the verbal harassment is usually in English, otherwise they usually use Arabic. Most women are shocked when I tell them how the shebab act, which then lets me lead them into a conversation about raising their sons to respect women. Hopefully the next generation will be at least a little bit better.

wow, I just flew RJ yesterday and didn't get this kind of treatment!

Disgusting. I don't know how people can continue to support Israel.

ya bayyeh ya shebab
what the hell are you doing?
I'm not sure
what you think you are proving
you won't find a girl
by rocking Dr. Seuss
rhymes are for kids,
and won't get you any kus
and while I'll admit
this is slightly entertaining
it's making me wonder
if you need potty training
ca$h has got my back
and andrew too (sa7?)
but yasser, skr thumak
ao r7 askrlak eya
so grow up and chill out
because from what I've seen
you best start acting like men
or you're all chithabeen

then the guy smells like goats.

I don't think so, honey. If you'd speak to ANY woman that way, you won't be speaking to THIS woman at all.

I'm sorry, wasn't that you saying you'd give your left arm for a night with me? and now you're saying I need to do squats to get a man, and if I do he won't respect me for anything else I have to offer? definitely disqualified. mabrook.

yesss....just what I always wanted! a guy who only cares about what color my skin is.