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HKS Diary (25): One holiday, eight cities

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Dr Muhammad Jameel Second from left with his hosts

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"2Y8sZIXe" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Dr Muhammad Jameel Yushau<&sol;p><div class&equals;"U1pzcA0P" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Last week was the &num;thanksgiving holiday in the United States&period; It is perhaps the biggest holiday season in the United States as many people told me&period; After the marathon of assignments&comma; essays and reflections&comma; a break from school is the sweetest gift to students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ahead of the holiday&comma; I have received invitations from families to spend time together during the holiday&period; As a family&comma; we also planned to visit some of the people we knew in the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Wednesday 22nd November&comma; 2022&comma; my family and I hit the road&period; We travelled from &num;boston through &num;Connecticut&comma; to &num;NewYork&comma; &num;NewJersey&comma; &num;Phildelphia&comma; &num;Delaware&comma; &num;maryland and then &num;Virginia&period; A journey that normally takes around 8 hours ended up taking 14 hours&period; It was my longest driving ever&period; We underestimated the traffic ahead as most people travel for the holiday&period; The traffic was so heavy from Boston to New York that it moves at Snail’s speed in some areas&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"JdpKgruq" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;08&sol;message-to-united-states-president-elect-joe-biden-by-jonathan&sol;">Message To United States  President-Elect Joe Biden &comma;by Jonathan<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We were hosted in Virginia by Danielle Callaway Njama&comma; former Editor-in-Chief of The Africa Policy Journal at Harvard Kennedy School&comma; and her husband Philip Njama&period; A family with cross cultural ties and affinity to North America&comma; Africa and the Middle East&period; They treated us to a memorable feast on Thanksgiving&period; We also met new friends who joined the family from Sudan and Nigeria&period; I had a mobile free day for a long time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From there we travelled to Washington DC &lpar;another post coming on this&rpar;&period; Then we proceeded to Maryland where we visited two families&comma; one originally from &num;senegal and the second from &num;Kano&period; We spent the night in Maryland where we had another feast&comma; this time local African dishes such as rice cake &lpar;waina&rpar;&comma; mashed rice &lpar;tuwon shinkafa&rpar;&comma; pepper soup&comma; vegetable soup &lpar;miyar taushe&rpar; and jollof rice&period; It was brilliant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;30&sol;breakingkano-suspends-tricycle-restrictions-in-major-roads&sol;">Breaking&colon;Kano Suspends Tricycle Restrictions On Major Roads<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then we drove back to New Jersey at the invitation of my classmate at Harvard Kennedy School&comma; Omar Awad and his wife Marwa&period; They also gave us a treat to an Egyptian cuisine&period; This time it was &num;seafood&period; After which they took us to New York&comma; starting from Hamilton Park&comma; to Manhattan’s Time Square&period; It was a great family time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Sunday evening&comma; we drove back to Boston in the midsts of another traffic and persistent rain&period; But the family time was worth it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Takeaway&colon; 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