I have been to some extremely expensive weddings, so please do not misunderstand me when I say that I have never seen a nuptial investment like this.
Sitting at a cafe yesterday afternoon, a friend casually mentioned that she would be attending an Egyptian wedding that evening. I inquired after the bride’s identity, and found that I had [...]
Last week I took advantage of my location to engage in an activity that few people would associate with Egypt: Scuba Diving. After a two long days of classroom instruction and a lengthy pool dive in a typically Egyptian-only pool (connections are everything), 15 AUC students, 4 professional divers and one nameless bespecled boy loaded into a van [...]
Never have I had so many veritable travel possibilities within my reach. My roommate and her friends are going to Morocco for spring break with discounted tickets they found on a travel site. Other friends are going to Jordan/Syria/Israel, places that would make me feel like I really maximized my Egyptian location if I made [...]
The truth will out. One way or another. This time it outed itself in the form of a desperate note on a bathroom-stall door. Black-ink panic against a backdrop of beige-paint normalcy. “Do you guys make out with your boyfriends? What should I do?” read one, next to, “My boyfriend and I had sex, but thank God [...]
These links should work. Enjoy!
Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Saqqara:
http://bu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2236579&l=cacc7&id=919642
Alexandria:
http://bu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2234442&l=0016b&id=919642
Around Cairo:
http://bu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2232318&l=f5d3c&id=919642
http://bu.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2230261&l=3c52a&id=919642
Leave a comment if there are any issues with the links.
This weekend, I’m going scuba diving. Scuba diving! Me!
This is not something I ever envisioned myself doing. After 6 hours of classroom instruction (completed today), and confined water dives tomorrow, I’ll be going off to one of the most renowned dive locations in the world, the Red Sea.
Truth be told, I’m slightly nervous. I have [...]
The New York Times featured an article yesterday on the frustrated youth in Egypt. Well written and insightful as it was, I feel that it neglects important historical precedents that are crucial to understanding Egypt’s situation.
The Arab Middle East cycles through ideology like tissue paper. When you’ve used one up, it’s time to pull a [...]
Isaac Newton had a secret. When he wasn’t inventing calculus or speculating about the way the world worked, he turned his mathematical genius to Biblical issues. He tried to calculate the ’sacred cubit’, the measurement used in the Old Testament. Standing on the shoulders of giants, scientists through to the present day will postulate that [...]
Forgive me a small showing of pride, but I’ve been quoted! http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/02/13/egypt-on-winning-the-african-cup-of-nation-ghana-2008/
This blog-compilation site quoted my reactions to Egypt’s victory in the same breath as the BBC. Nifty, if I do say so myself.
In other news, my mother sent me an email the other day cautioning me to “respect the people of my adopted country.” [...]
Grey colors my world. Inhaling it, my blood thickens and heavy hangs my heart, so heavy that I sink to the ground and pray to the east that I can still love my Egypt although she does not love me.
I smile. I would cry but I don’t know how. The all the water in [...]
