This is Not a Drill

[homais]

So, I've been really busy/productive in the last month since I've posted. For one, I seem to actually have a dissertation now, one that I like, and my advisors like. I'll probably be able to defend the proposal in the next few months, and then I'll be ABD (which is academese for all-but Dissertation i.e. you have cleared all PhD requirements except

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[purejuice]

i'm so excited. can you tell us what the subject of the dis is, oh abd al-dis?

[purejuice]

oh, got it above.

[jorgath]

Well, insha'Allah you'll get those further grants. Congrats and good luck!

[tko_ak]

Very cool. When do you leave?

Egypt is due for a revolution, and you have a tendency to go to the Middle East around times of peril (or preempting it).

[jqsilver]

So after this you'll be able to write the Neverwhere of Cairo, right?

My cousin's family lives in Cairo. If you want to meet new people who are archaeologists/egyptologists, let me know.

[researcher]

I'm ridiculously happy for you! Congrats!