Jennifer Zarifeh Major grew up in Vancouver, Canada in a blended-culture family (Arab and Anglo-Canadian) and she makes excellent hummus.  

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She's dodged piranhas and fire ants in the Amazon, survived high-altitude futbol games in the High Valleys of Bolivia, and chased turtles in Ephesus. 

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Her entire criminal history consists of sitting on the fainting couch in Green Gables in Cavendish, PEI and getting kicked out by a park ranger.  

 

She and her scientist husband have four grown children and live in Eastern Canada. 
 

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