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Scholars play Jenga

And Scholars do play!

Posted on: June 12, 2019 Last updated on: June 13, 2019 Written by: Joanna Azar
“If you drop it, you’re buying drinks,” said Shailendra. He was talking about the tower we built while playing Jenga. “Yalla yalla,” the Lebanese word for “come on,” was repeated to each scholar trying to keep the tower from crashing…
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