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The Lesser Known Stones of Rosetta
This weekend, I took an unexpected day trip to the village of al-Rashid. It’s also known as Rosetta, the place where the British found that stone that taught them how to read hieroglyphics… and they liked it so much they … Continue reading
“Hey Willy, See the Pyramids!”
That’s actually the title of a Maria Kalman children’s book, which I was on the fence post about liking when it was actually age appropriate. I both liked and was confused by the abstract pictures and beat-poetry type prose, and my … Continue reading
Tomorrow is Ramadan, So Wear the Bathing Suit Today
Despite my eighteen years in southern California, living only two blocks away from the Mediterranean Ocean is still something that blows me away each day when I step outside my building across from St. Mark’s College and go just about … Continue reading
In which I sign away my speaking ability*…
*This is very close to being true. Thursday, I began life under the infamous Language Pledge. The act of physically signing it, using the wall as a desk in the lobby of the TAFL language center on the Alexandria University … Continue reading
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The Inevitable Tourist
In contrast to my last 6-hour day, I’ve been quite busy lately, though that’s more because of a packed orientation schedule than any initiative of my own. I think I’m still jetlagged enough that if left to my own … Continue reading
En Route to Egypt: Frankfurt
So as we were landing circling over Frankfurt, I instantly and irrationally fell in love with Western Europe and decided to continue my Arabic studies here. Or at least, that’s what I was thinking until spending the first of ten … Continue reading
En Route to Egypt: LAX
I’m sitting in the Los Angeles airport, waiting from my first flight… there’s an Arabic speaking family on the other side of the terminal with some pretty vocal children who are singing some song with the word habibi, which only … Continue reading
“Yulla, ‘Cheese!’”
That’s what the CALES guy said when taking the picture before we went to Jameel’s for lunch (“yulla” is kind of a catch-all term for “hey!”). It was all the new students, so there were about 8 of us, and … Continue reading
