Fun and Thought in the Holy Land

    Since my late teens I have been fascinated by the Holy land; Israel/ Palestine. Don't ask me why. I have faith but do not believe in religion although I find it very interesting to find out how others practice faith within their belief system. Years and years after this fascination had gone into... Continue Reading →

And So It Continues

And there I was in my 'second living' room in the nicest cafe in Kafr Abdu with the best sheesha in town, planted in front of the telly hoping for some top entertainment and another victory for the Boys of Orange. I got rather disappointed. Yes we won, and Sneijder's goal was pretty awesome, but... Continue Reading →

Orange Fever; Only in My World

    For weeks – if not months- there has been a lot of excitement about the World Cup in South Africa. On foreign television (news) channels and among foreigners that is. Although it is a big deal that the World Cup is held on African soil, Egypt is not competing and seems therefore not... Continue Reading →

It Ain’t Over Until the Fat Lady Sings

The radio silence has had no specific reason. Laziness, refocusing, reorientation, homesickness, writers block, who's to say. Although I'd been a pretty bad student the last few weeks -if not months- of the course and I don't like routine, I miss the focus in my life that used to be studying Arabic at the centre.... Continue Reading →

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