The 40 Rules of Love by Elif Shafak is one of my all-time favorite books. I read it in Arabic & English and cried both times. So much wisdom in there...and when you read the title "40 Rules of Love" - it may sound like a sappy romance novel. It's not that kind of love...(to quote Oprah's talk at Stanford) "but the kind of love that really counts, the kind of love that when everything…
Hello! We hope you can join us for our next MeetUp on April 4th at 6pm! Bring food to share. Please RSVP as space is limited. Details here: https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Arabic-English-Exchange-Meetup/events/269314775/
RSVP here! https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Arabic-English-Exchange-Meetup/events/268241659/
Our first Meetup event was last Saturday, January 18th at Layali Cafe/Marsa Restaurant & Shisha on Wilshire (or as one of my friends calls it, "Wilshrine"). The crew at our Arabic-English Language Exchange! According to the group page, we had 15 RSVPs. Expecting only half to show up, I asked the restaurant to prep a table for 8. I remember walking in at 5:50pm and seeing 5 people already sitting down. Tbh I was a…