Movements in the World and in the Mind
For the last 9 days I have been glued to my computer screen -as we don't have a telly- for the latest updates on MaSr. The unthinkable has happened and events are moving very fast. The political lethargy of the last 30 years has made room for a proper people's lead revolution. Before yesterday I... Continue Reading →
After a couple of weeks of readjusting, hot weather, Orange fever and a lost World Cup, I am trying to get back into to groove in Lowlands Country. I have been in MaSr for almost 10 months. At the very end of that period I hopped across the border into- seemingly- more western territory... 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 →
It's Thursday night, so I might as well go out. As tomorrow is jooma', the day of gathering or - for working folk and school kids- the day off, people pour out onto the streets to have some fun. I've never been a big fan of the Saturday night out - and the Thursday is... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
So, I’ve got a gorgeous place to live, in a neighbourhood with its own little community, the orientation week has started at the university so I have met the people I will be studying with and we are getting around a bit to do our shopping so I get to know the city better day... Continue Reading →
Within the 48 hours Anna and I also found ourselves the flat of our dreams. I have to be honest here, two people in particular have been of tremendous help. One is sister dark fairy from the lowlands Jameela who brought us in contact with fellow student Ali (we all know each other from uni... Continue Reading →
Eid Mubarak (Happy Eid) In our first 48 hours after landing in Cairo with an hour delay we took a cab to Ramses train station to take the train to Alex. The taxi driver wanted more then we negotiated and the train to Alex was more than two hours delayed. Ahlan wa sahalan fee MiSr.... Continue Reading →
Dark Fairy Adventures 