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About Me

Welcome to Adventures of an Average Jo! I’m Joelle, a US-born traveller, cook, and creative. Having been to 75 countries by age 24, my biggest obsession in budget travel. When I’m not travelling, I’m cooking my way around the world and creating new projects and crafts that express my love for travel and creativity. I …

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Time to make it Instagram official… we eloped 💍

Highly recommend marrying your best friend in secret on a perfect Tuesday evening.

Here’s to so many more years and memories @saif_alhajrii ❤️

Wherever I go, the keffiyah comes with me. 🇯🇴🇵🇸

I’m not sharing very much travel content these days, for I cannot bear the idea of sharing my normal life while a genocide perpetuated by my country continues with new horrors each day. However, some photos, such as this one, remind me how I try to carry Palestine with me each day.

#freepalestine

Kashtah season with @ribla_kw ⛺️🏜️ We’

Kashtah season with @ribla_kw ⛺️🏜️

We’re back home in 🇰🇼; enjoying the small moments with immense gratitude.

Around 7 months ago, I hosted this dinner to celeb

Around 7 months ago, I hosted this dinner to celebrate the completion of my thesis. It represented a cumulative six years of studying and researching Palestine, the history of the Middle East, and peace and conflict studies.

My thesis focused on the ways in which Palestinians, in spite of occupation and other forms of political and cultural repression, were using food culture as a form of resistance, preservation, and heritage-making.

The conclusion was that increased international awareness of a distinct Palestinian culture and people would eventually lead to public resistance against Israeli abuse of Palestinians. It relied on a basic premise that international institutions were committed to preventing genocide.

I was wrong on this basic premise, and this makes me so so angry and sad. Yet, even though international institutions and powerful governments (most notably, my own) have failed Gazans and failed humanity, everyday people are finally starting to hear Palestinian voices that have been silenced for generations. It’s taken the killing of tens of thousands for this to happen, but it also means that the world can finally come together to amplify Palestinian voices.

I’ve said it many times that this is the first genocide that the world is watching live. “I didn’t know it was happening” is not something that can be said about the genocide in Gaza.

Call your congressmen and women. Vote for candidates that are pro-Palestinian. Boycott products that support Israel. Educate yourselves and your friends. Use any power that you have, no matter how small it may seem.

#ceasefirenow 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Incredible Socotra 🇾🇪 With 37% of the islan

Incredible Socotra 🇾🇪

With 37% of the islands plants being found no where else on Earth, there really is no where on Earth quite like this island in the middle of the Arabian Gulf.

Four years ago, the Elmowafy family welcomed into

Four years ago, the Elmowafy family welcomed into their home and their family.

This August, I had the chance to see my big sister @dinaelmowafy get married in the most beautiful wedding ever.

So eternally grateful for my second family, and I can’t wait to come back soon! ❤️❤️

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