Leaving

People ask me a lot why I came to Egypt.  I’ve never really given a coherent answer – I used to study Arabic, I’ll say, or I’ve always wanted to go to Egypt;, or I wanted to do human rights work – and every time I answer I feel like I’m faking.  Which makes sense, [...]

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Thirty Hours

As I write this, I have just under thirty hours left in Egypt.  One more full day.  I’m really quite sad about the prospect of leaving.

The last two days have been really great.  Yesterday was Lizz’s mom’s last day in Cairo, so I went with them and Matt in the afternoon to do a bit [...]

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May Your Children Look Like Washing Machines

One of the many amenities of our elegant aparment here in Cairo is what is charitably known as a semi-automatic washing machine.  It works like this: you put your clothes in a big vat on the left side along with soap which you have to manually fill with water using a hose connected to a [...]

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Winding Down

I haven’t written much the last few days because I’ve been a bit sick – allergies or a cold – for the last few days and haven’t been up to anything really.  It’s sort of annoying to be sick my last week here, and I hope that I’m better tomorrow so I can actually get [...]

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One Week

As of tomorrow, I will only have one week left in Egypt, which is sort of a sad thought.  Worse, both Max and Lizz are actually leaving to go on vacation a few days before I head out, so my last couple days here may well be alone.

Not a great deal has been going on [...]

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