Visiting a country as a tourist -or a traveller if you've got too much edge to call yourself a tourist- is most definitely a very different experience than residing in one. Aspects like cuisine, music, way of interacting and all that jazz concerning culture, which seem cute and exotic when you're visiting can be quite annoying when... Continue Reading →
First row in el-Azhar; let religion be religion
Last weekend Anna, Raisa, Mubarak and I went to Cairo. I wanted a weekend of culture, party, nice food and shopping all in the name of my '16th' birthday and Anna and Mubarak were happy to join me. Raisa never says no whenever there is fun to be had but her main reason for joining us to Cairo... Continue Reading →
Coming of (yet another) age in Montazah
I am one of those fairies who likes to mark her birthday. Some people don't care about their birthday for several reasons. They believe it's just another day and nothing special. I think birthdays are special and you don't necessarily have to celebrated them in big style, at least not every year, but they should be... Continue Reading →
Time is on my side (yes it is)
This morning I felt caught in the claws of an irrational fear. Irrational because I wasn't quite sure what I was so afraid of. When I thought about it, it came to me that this fear might have had to do with the notion of 'time slipping away'. I remember my dear mother telling me when I was in my... Continue Reading →
Nights over Egypt
Blessings. 2010 is our year On the last day of the year I fled the relative boredom of Alex and went to Cairo to spend New Year's Eve with my friend Moina and her friends. Now, I like Cairo. I am very fond of Cairo. This mad, dusty, dirty, exciting, way- too- big-a-town was my first... Continue Reading →
Dark Fairy Adventures 