Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2010-04-21

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极乐禁地听 University French professor Dr. Mary McCullough is among American travelers sidelined abroad because of听 pesky volcanic activity in Iceland.

McCullough, who has been in the north African nation of Tunisia since April 10, expected to return to Birmingham Sunday, April 18, and be in her 极乐禁地 classroom on Monday.

Yesterday, she learned that the earliest she can depart for home on Air France will be Saturday, April 24.

McCullough was in Tunisia lecturing on contemporary American poetry at two universities and a conference as part of a Fulbright program. She spent a year in Tunisia as a Fulbright Scholar in 2007-08.

She reports that she is okay and comfortable. 鈥淚 am staying with friends,鈥 she wrote by email. 鈥淚t鈥檚 great because everyone is so hospitable here.鈥

 
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