Dr Muhammad Jameel Yushau
Last week was the #thanksgiving holiday in the United States. It is perhaps the biggest holiday season in the United States as many people told me. After the marathon of assignments, essays and reflections, a break from school is the sweetest gift to students.
Ahead of the holiday, I have received invitations from families to spend time together during the holiday. As a family, we also planned to visit some of the people we knew in the United States.
On Wednesday 22nd November, 2022, my family and I hit the road. We travelled from #boston through #Connecticut, to #NewYork, #NewJersey, #Phildelphia, #Delaware, #maryland and then #Virginia. A journey that normally takes around 8 hours ended up taking 14 hours. It was my longest driving ever. We underestimated the traffic ahead as most people travel for the holiday. The traffic was so heavy from Boston to New York that it moves at Snail’s speed in some areas.
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We were hosted in Virginia by Danielle Callaway Njama, former Editor-in-Chief of The Africa Policy Journal at Harvard Kennedy School, and her husband Philip Njama. A family with cross cultural ties and affinity to North America, Africa and the Middle East. They treated us to a memorable feast on Thanksgiving. We also met new friends who joined the family from Sudan and Nigeria. I had a mobile free day for a long time.
From there we travelled to Washington DC (another post coming on this). Then we proceeded to Maryland where we visited two families, one originally from #senegal and the second from #Kano. We spent the night in Maryland where we had another feast, this time local African dishes such as rice cake (waina), mashed rice (tuwon shinkafa), pepper soup, vegetable soup (miyar taushe) and jollof rice. It was brilliant.
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Then we drove back to New Jersey at the invitation of my classmate at Harvard Kennedy School, Omar Awad and his wife Marwa. They also gave us a treat to an Egyptian cuisine. This time it was #seafood. After which they took us to New York, starting from Hamilton Park, to Manhattan’s Time Square. It was a great family time.
On Sunday evening, we drove back to Boston in the midsts of another traffic and persistent rain. But the family time was worth it.
Takeaway: Taking time to learn about society is another form of knowledge. It is worthy that people take time to reflect on God’s bounties upon them.
