<description><p>Alan lived and worked in Kenya for eight years, first as a volunteer teaching computer science at a rural college, and later as a Linux systems administrator at a <a href="https://www.ilri.org">livestock research institute in Nairobi</a>. During his time in Kenya he traveled extensively around East Africa and <a href="https://alaninkenya.org">blogged about his experiences</a>. He is passionate about open-source software, information security, and the freedom of information—naturally, he <a href="https://mjanja.ch">blogs about that too</a>.</p>
<p>After spending some time living in (and <a href="https://englishbulgaria.net">blogging about</a>) Bulgaria, he finds himself living in Jordan. These are his stories.</p>
<h4>Sheep carcass lazily discarded in neighborhood dumpster</h4>
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<p>As Muslims around the world are busy wishing each other a blessed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a>, some poor bastard has to clean up this lazily discarded sheep carcass from my local dumpster (note the entrails spilled below). Keep it classy, Jordan.</p>
<h4>Sign forbidding sound near mosque on Rainbow Street, Amman</h4>
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<p>The irony is rich with this one, because this mosque has a sound system from another planet. If I wasn&rsquo;t worried about my personal safety I&rsquo;d put up a sign right next to it saying: <em>Please mute your mosque, there is a sleeping Alan 50m away</em>.</p>