In which Zach describes the epic journey of the biking team DRed Shaheen from the shores of the Dead Sea to the resorts of the Red Sea, about 250 kilometers of desert, and the results of the relay.

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Yes, I know! It’s been a week since the Dead 2 Red ride and I still haven’t put up any story documenting the blow-by-blow details of it like I know that many of you have been waiting for (if you happened across this site by accident, well, I know you’d have been waiting for it […]

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In exactly 24 hours from now, the “DRed Shaheen” team will be pulling away from the Wadi Mujib bridge at 3:30 in the morning. I’m up awfully late right now, but I had a lot of paperwork to take care of for class that I wanted to get done before spending a weekend relaxing in […]

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In which Zach describes the longest, most epic bike ride ever attempted (by myself), including most of the members of the Dead to Red team “DRed Shaheen” – little did we know what the day would hold for us.

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It’s been a couple weeks since I had the time to write a new entry. We’ve been quite busy on this side of the ocean, what with preparing for and meeting with the regional representative from the U.S. Department of State, then another 60 kilometer bike ride over the weekend, in training for the upcoming Dead to Red relay, and then finally this past Sunday, a visit to a church in Ashrafieh, a traditional East Orthodox service that worships half in Arabic and half in old Aramaic.

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In which Zach describes the changes that have been made around the Ayn Al Basha complex since the beginning of the Second Session, and the differences between his previous students and his new ones. He also describes his favorite argeillah bar in as much detail as possible.

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