Movements in the World and in the Mind
After a few days in the city of sun, sea, great food and gorgeous people we left for the Holy Capital; el-Quds/ Jerushalaim. We arrived just before the start of the sabbath which is an interesting and rather peculiar time to arrive. Interesting to see the gathering of (orthodox) jews at the Wailing Wall... Continue Reading →
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 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 →
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 →
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 →
To all you loyal readers, bless you lot, it has become quite clear that this country has surprised, angered and frustrated me on quite some occasions and the happy news is, it doesn't stop. Now, I find it quite a shame that my fashion of figure-hugging clothes is not really Egypt proof. There are women... Continue Reading →
The academic year has come to an end. The final exams are today, which I am not attending and there is lunch with a little ceremony and although there is free food involved I am not attending that either. The last few weeks of beach, booze and party hard has completely distracted me from the... Continue Reading →
Since my homey the Helms is very much in the known we get around a lot more then we used to. (F*cking typical that you tend to meet these people towards the end of your stay and not in the first few months but malesh, never mind). A few days ago the Helms took us,... Continue Reading →
Back from the Great Sand Sea and the oasis of Siwa where I spent a magnificently chilled few days with the girls; Anna, Jameela and Helen, who has been at the centre since the second term and has also accompanied us to Cairo a few weeks ago. Fifth to join was Farida, who used to... Continue Reading →
Marriage is a very big deal in this country and across the Middle East. Many a single woman in her late 20's will experience increasing pressure to fulfil what for many is the reason why she has been put on this planet: being a wife and mother. And although marriage is considered such a milestone... Continue Reading →
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