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I met with my conversation partner for the first time today, his name is Ahmed Hussien. I always enjoy meeting people from completely different backgrounds than myself, so I enjoyed speaking with him (despite the noise level in the lounge). Ahmed is from Baghdad, Iraq, and graduated 1st in his university class, and was offered a full scholarship to travel to America to study. Like of heard about many other of the foreign language students here at CIES, Ahmed excels in math, and science, but has trouble with his listening and speaking skills. Hopefully through our conversations we can change that.

We both asked plenty of questions of each other in an attempt to break the ice, and find common ground. Various topics covered included; music, culture, and video games. When deciding where we should meet for our next conversation, Ahmed asked me if I enjoyed smoking sheesha (flavored tobacco smoked from a hookah). I do, and seeing neither of us are terribly familiar with places to go in Tallahassee, we agreed to meet at a local hookah bar. I enjoyed our meeting, and look forward to becoming friends, and learning from my conversation partner.