Hi everyone,
A break from our usually scheduled program to let you know about a personal struggle. Chances are you know someone whose life has been altered by a struggle with cancer. As I write this, my nineteen-year-old friend Robbie Greenberger is beginning his six-month stay at Yale-New Haven Hospital and undergoing his first round of [...]
By rights I should like Alexandria more than Cairo. If Alexandria were a marriage prospect, Yenta would come hobbling up to my door crowing “Girly, have I got a match for you!” But it’s not the case.
Don’t get me wrong. As soon as I the bus left Cairo proper, I turned around to get a [...]
So mentally, the second week is tougher than the first. I got what I’ve been referring to as ‘traveler’s guilt’ because I haven’t been to the big sites yet. I have, however, been eating a lot of great food and trying to make connections here at the university. I’ve also experienced my first pangs of [...]
At first, I thought I would see Humphrey Bogart walking out of one of the Hollywood-esque coffee shops, seedy souvenir traps, or sheesha bars. Boys toting wears and weathered old women peddling charms, trinkets and scarves ask for bakshiish. This looked like Casablanca. Before I had time to be disappointed, Coptic Cairo lived up to [...]
