I have received so many gifts from my wonderful students---three today alone! I have learned not to compliment my female students on a piece of jewelry; when I did so last week, one young woman took off her necklace and insisted on giving it to me! I received a pair of earrings today from a professor who had been wearing a similar pair the first day I met her. She had had a friend search all over Baghdad for a similar pair. I also received a cell-phone charm from a student and a bead-necklace from the Iraqi rug salesman who has a shop near the dining hall. You have to watch out for those rug salesman!
Really, the generosity and appreciation we receive every day make any inconvenience---even risk---we experience completely worth it.
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