Finally got my return trip ticket. I'm on Iberia. Anyone ever flown them before ( Read more... )

I had a really different thanksgiving. Since AUC is an American school, we got the day off. All I've been dreaming about all day is sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese, cranberry sauce, and rolls!!! Thanksgiving is my favorite day of the year practically ( Read more... )

we threw Fatima a birthday barty yesterday, at this new place called White in zamalek. It was a surprise (escpecially since she had tons of homework to do and had just gotten back from cypress a day before!) Food, music, lots of people: good times. Pictures to come

I came back not really wanting to be here. Plus, I wasn't able to extend my trip, while Aalaa was, so she's stil in Tureky. And my two other closest friends went to Cypress (on a whim, totally last mintute since our Syria plans fell through. They went to stay at a sufi zawiya, so I can't wait to hear about their experience! We wanted to meet up ( Read more... )

Nothing I can relate to you will explain just how cool this place is, but I'll do my best. Istanbul conjures up all these emotions. First, it was really weird to not know the language, because I've never had to deal with that since I came to Cairo with a good background in Arabic. When we ordered foo, we didn't know exactly how to say what we ( Read more... )

I am in love with thıs place ( Read more... )

Yasser Arafat died this morning and I have never seen the streets of Cairo so solemn. I had to go to campus super early this morning to go to the library (around 7ish) so I heard about it before most people. But in the taxi on the way to school, I couldn't figure out why the streets were so empty, and why the army armored trucks were starting to ( Read more... )

Syria's been on and off for the past few days, but unfortunately, it's definitely off now ( Read more... )

Today is the 27th of Ramadan for Egypt, so last night might have been laylat ul qadr ('the night of power' when the Quran was revealed. The actual date is not known, though according to hadith, we're to look for it among the last 10 days of Ramadan ( Read more... )

So excited. Our plans for Syria have finally been worked out...kinda ( Read more... )