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 →
What’s in a Religion
There are people -muslims and non-muslims alike- who claim that islam is a religion of peace. Then you've got the fear and hate mongers, who believe that every muslim is a potential terrorist or at least a threat to western society. And then there is me, who's got a few muslim mates, who are all... Continue Reading →
West Side Story
Five months down the line and it feels like I have been here for an eternity. Three to four months up the line and I'm back in the Big Smoke or Lowlands country or both. I mean, when I leave Alex I will be homeless and I was thinking to go to the country of... Continue Reading →
How to solve a problem like Landlord
Our landlord is a kind man and looks after us as his tenants very well. Any problem we have he fixes almost immediately and he is definitely not money hungry as he always asks us if we are okay for money, offers us to pay the rent later of even offers us to lend us money. He is very... Continue Reading →
Showing the Jones we are Good Girls
Anna and I hosted a party at our mansion two days ago. We've got the ultimate space for a good house party, but we are expected to be 'good' girls and have no male visitors, no loud music and no booze in the house. We thought we could kind of fool the people in our building by starting early at 5, but most... Continue Reading →
Classism and the Country
Having lived in London I’m used to a bit of classism although it was something getting used to coming from Lowlands country where people are much less class aware. But being in Egypt I have to get used to it all over again it seems. Here it seems normal not to treat common folk with... Continue Reading →
How to go about Californication and other naughtiness
If you’re from the Lowlands or London censorship is a very alien concept. I don’t watch a lot of telly, but I love films and now and again Anna and I watch a film or two on a lazy evening on MBC which is a satellite channel . The films are broadcast in the original... Continue Reading →
Do Mingle
I wonder what life would be like if you’re used to a separation of the sexes, if you don’t really socialize with members of the opposite sex unless they are close family, which is quite normal in the Arabic world. I wonder how you would perceive men (when you’re a woman). What makes them different... Continue Reading →
Sister is doing it for herself?
There are probably just as many pre-assumptions made on Arab women in the West as there are prejudices on Western women in the Arab world. Arabs very much like to change western prejudice on Arab women. I studied several text on this matter at uni in London and Egyptians are very keen to point out... Continue Reading →
Dark Fairy Adventures 