The Sonikcycle Syndicate

This morning, as I sat here drinking coffee, reading my mail, and checking to make sure the sky hadn’t fallen, a Skype call came in but the caller was not one of the usual suspects! As it happened, the caller, one Mohamed Sherif, had seen my Jyve profile (Jyve is a network of Skype users) which indicates my interest in learning Arabic, and he made a “cold call”! I couldn’t believe it! Just as advertised, Jyve was connecting people who are interested in learning languages and who are seeking others with whom to practice. Since I have yet to actually begin any formal study of the Arabic language, our conversation was in English. But that suited Mohamed just fine because as an Egyptian living in Saudi Arabia and working in a multinational company, his need to improve his English is more pressing than is my need to learn Arabic Furthermore, as a teacher of English as a foreign language, I was only happy to have the opportunity to spread “the word” ;->

I was also thrilled because I was able to solicit content from Mohamed for my new project, CallQuest. With CallQuest, I am hoping to collect digital recordings of the calls to prayer from mosques around the world, as well as images and any other interesting facts about each mosque. More on this, soon!

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