Comments on: miscellaneous observations about shopping in the shuk (open market) http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/07/30/miscellaneous-observations-about-shopping-in-the-shuk-open-market/ Danya Ruttenberg's website Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:44:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Anonymous http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/07/30/miscellaneous-observations-about-shopping-in-the-shuk-open-market/#comment-30 Anonymous Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:51:00 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/07/30/miscellaneous-observations-about-shopping-in-the-shuk-open-market/#comment-30 In Italy a crowd is also an excuse for a little pickpocketing or groping - at least in Rome in the 90s. -Owlmother In Italy a crowd is also an excuse for a little pickpocketing or groping - at least in Rome in the 90s.

-Owlmother

]]> By: Rachel http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/07/30/miscellaneous-observations-about-shopping-in-the-shuk-open-market/#comment-29 Rachel Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:03:00 +0000 http://danyaruttenberg.net/2004/07/30/miscellaneous-observations-about-shopping-in-the-shuk-open-market/#comment-29 When I visited Israel with my mother in 1998, I remember that our tour guide (a very sweet Arab guy whose name I've forgotten) touched my arm and shoulder often, as Mediterranean men often do. I found it charming; my mother seemed kind of agitated, and I got the sense it was weirder for her to see an Arab tour guide touching her daughter than it would be to see a Greek tour guide doing the same thing. I wrote a poem about that, actually. Hm: do you have my chapbook? Perhaps a care package will wing its way to you soon... When I visited Israel with my mother in 1998, I remember that our tour guide (a very sweet Arab guy whose name I’ve forgotten) touched my arm and shoulder often, as Mediterranean men often do. I found it charming; my mother seemed kind of agitated, and I got the sense it was weirder for her to see an Arab tour guide touching her daughter than it would be to see a Greek tour guide doing the same thing. I wrote a poem about that, actually. Hm: do you have my chapbook? Perhaps a care package will wing its way to you soon…

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