our harass (guard), also works at al-waha restaurant as a chef. we had been talking about visiting him at his restaurant for weeks now and finally got around to it. it’s a huge place. our harass was saying that during ramadan, the place would extend to the space in the back and seat hundreds of people for iftar. the place is pretty nice; the atmosphere is good. we were enclosed in this huge bedouin tent (goat/sheep wool?). the air was really fresh. we sat in a corner; a great place for people watching. we got fatoush salad (like an arabic salad but with dried bread pieces), waha kabab (?), rice & veggies, hummus & pine nuts. the waha kabab was amazing – the chicken has this great smokey flavor. rice was really good, also. it was also coco’s last dinner, so it was kind of like giving her an early send off. there was live music – some guy on electric keys and a singer. at one point, people got up to dance. the cutest thing was seeing these mid-aged guys in kuffiyehs and (what’s the white dress thing muslim men wear?), linked armed in arm and dancing in front of the stage. it seems pretty common to dance with your prayer beads – to swing them around like a cowboy lasso. saw that again tonight. we stayed a good while – until our harass got off his shift – so that we could all taxi back to the apartment complex together. by then, we were extremely tired and so, so happy to go home.
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