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Last night while I was driving home you dedicated my favourite song to me on the radio saying you just got engaged to the most perfect person... and the presenter said, "Enjoy the rest of your lives."I think we will :)

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She used to sit in the office next to mine. I heard her laugh and talk and breathe.One day she passed away. Her office is now empty and there are only the soothing sounds of the Quran coming from there.I want to talk about what I learned.I learned to say thank you, every time.I learned to ask about people, how they are, what they need, what they want and hope for.I learned to always say hello to

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Finally I have something to write about.After talking about doing it for so long, I finally did some volunteer work with street children yesterday. As I was driving home last night I asked myself why I hadn’t been doing this my whole life. I could’ve been volunteering for the last ten years if I had really wanted to. But it occurred to me that I am probably of more use to them now than I ever

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http://twitter.com/dailyantics

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I have a question for you, you the person reading my blog.I am really intrigued to see that people from really cool places like mauritius, peru and croatia are visiting this blog, but nobody ever leaves a comment.So just this once, leave a comment answering the question: where are you from?

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I used to be a writer.Back in London, as an aspiring journalist who basically had no idea what I was doing, I arranged my first interview for a website which no longer exists. I was their art & culture correspondent, and now that I look back, Gilad Atzmon (an Israeli jazz musician) was an interesting choice considering I was writing for Arabia Online.I have no idea now how I found out about him,

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This is the best thing I've seen ALL YEAR!

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forget that villa by the sea, i wanna live on a lilypad!

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I found this article on zenhabits about feeling thankfulI discovered a few things recently, one of the most important being that everything is a choice. I realised that i had spent most of my life thinking, about the past, the present, the future..analysing every little detail, until my mind became so cluttered that i could hardly see, appreciate or really feel anything around me. I thought this

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BBC coverage hereAn Egyptian man has been jailed for three years with hard labour for sexual harassment of a woman in the street.

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Digla's site

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this is sunrise at Tooti Camp, between Taba and Nuweiba, where i spent most of my eid holiday in blessed peace and serenity and didn't have to brush my hair for at least five days. i showered under the stars, slept under the sky, ate freshly cooked meals by 3am Adam with the smiling face, and forgot and was forgotten for a while. 

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In Radiohead's new video for "House of Cards", from the wicked album In Rainbows, no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects.Watch here

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Check out these images and then participate in my social experiment How do these images make you feel? ( polls)

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I long for my mother's breadMy mother's coffeeHer touchChildhood memories grow up in meDay after dayI must be worth my lifeAt the hour of my deathWorth the tears of my motherAnd if I come back one dayTake me as a veil to your eyelashesCover my bones with the grassBlessed by your footstepsBind us togetherwith a lock of your hairWith a thread that trails from the back of your dressI might become

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Go see it, go see it, go see it... I love WALL.E

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And we have not created the heavens and the earth and what is therein purposelessly —that is the view of those who reject [God] or who are ungrateful [37:27; 3:191]

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She felt like she was living in Lord of the Flies, that book she studied as a schoolgirl, the story seemed so improbable then, fantasy. But now she knew that man was right, leave them to their own devices and they become cannibals. Humans that is. Why is it supposed to be human, to be good and giving and caring, why is that described as human? Why “Oh the humanity of it all”? What is humanity,

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Boredom sets in...Bored of work, bored of facebook, bored of email, bored of news, bored of cairo, bored of people, bored of traffic, bored of sitting at a desk day in day out, bored of inactivity, bored of smoking all day at the office, bored of doing fuckall with my life, bored of not doing enough, bored of writing shitty corporate bollocks that means zilch, yes, the boredom which usually

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Christopher Nolan = Genius

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or eight...

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The Japanese lunar explorer Serene films the first high-definition image of Earth from 380,000km awayWatch it here

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He waits; that's what he does.And I tell you what: tick followed tock followed tick followed tock followed tick...Ahab says, 'I don't care who you are, here's to your dream.''Here's to you, Ahab'.And the fat drummer hit the beat with all his heart.Here's to waiting.Thinking about favourites reminded me of this, the best ad EVER. For more info on how it was made read this For another amazing ad by

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As fickle as i am, i find it really, really hard to choose just one thing for each of these categories, but after a good talking to from Munqy, i have surrendered my will...Favourite Author: Vladimir Nabokov Favourite Book: Lolita Favourite Artist: Diego Rivera Favourite Artwork: El Vendedor de Alcatraces Favourite Poet: Pablo Neruda Favourite Poem: hmmmmm... don't have one, but this will do for

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Turn off the television and do the fear quiz here.

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Update: He passed away 27th July 2008, at the grand old age of 82. RIP.Yousef Chahine in a coma.They fail to mention 'Bab El Hadeed', and 'Al Ard', in my opinion his two best films.

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This place makes everything alright

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This image taken from the NASA website shows the latest version of what our galaxy looks like, new infrared images (800,000 to be exact) from the Spitzer telescope have made it possible to get a much more realistic view of where we live - some are of the opinion that this latest image has downgraded the galaxy somehow, but it still looks nice and spirally to me.

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Paddington Bear Bagpuss The Magic Roundabout The Moomins Mr Benn Willow the Wisp

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Maged Fatouta Boogie, Boogie, Boogie we Tum Tum!

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i am cursed.this month which is not over yet, has been officially declared as a cur-sed month by me. (Cur-sed: in ye olde englishe stylee)i have just had my third car accident this month.and i have never had an accident before.me thinks the wormtongue effect, as powerful as it is, had nothing to do with it this time.me thinks this just may be BAD KARMA.cursed i tell you.three is the magic number.

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yesterday i got in a taxi.i used to love travelling in taxi's because of the conversations i would always end up having with the drivers, which were mostly highly entertaining and from which i learnt a lot in my early days as a newbie in Cairo.yesterday the journey was quite different.i won't go into what the driver said, or how he complained, i will say that there was real, tangible anger there.

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i've been to the cinema so much lately that i feel like i've got movies coming out of my ears, most of them crap really, except for Iron Man, which i have to say had much to do with the mozza-ness (read: hot-ness) of Downey Jr.so yes, Indiana Jones is back, and i was slightly worried that it would kind of get icky, what with Harrison being all old and stuff..but no, it was great, and finally a

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For the rest of the pictures see here

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Vladimir Nabokov, one of the most stunning writers I have ever come across, died 30 years ago. Whilst he was racing against death, he wrote in his own very unique way, a final novel - which he then instructed his wife and son to burn.They couldn't do it, and now "The Original of Laura" is about to be published.Read here an interview with his very eloquent son.I will never forget the opening line

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the view from the top of Mount Sinai at sunrisewe climbed all nighti was comforted by a strangeri feel brand new

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Support Women's Demands for a New Law Against Sexual HarassmentECWR’s One Million Signatures Campaign for a law protecting women from sexualharassment is part of our broader Campaign Against Sexual Harassment:Making our Street Safer for Everyone, which began in 2005 in responseto complaints from Egyptian and foreign women exposed to sexualharassment on Egypt’s streets. Please join us to protect

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you're gonna feel the wind at your heels you knowyou're gonna feel a sparkle in your stepeverything will touch you in a different waylet it come, soon come, let it comeGod bless the day that made me feel this way.

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despite mind numbing pollution and high levels of apathy, Cairo remains a hive of creativity

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I have been tagged, here are my ten random things:1. I have a recurring dream that a Tsunami is about to hit the city I live in and there is nowhere to run, each time I have the dream the location changes2. I want to live by the sea, when I was younger my aspirations were to become a beach bum, the sea gives me peace3. I have a hand fetish, no matter how attractive a guy might be, if his hands

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am off to attend my first ever football match :)Egypt vs Argentine FriendlyUpdate:ok so we lost, but it was fun.highlights of the match (the 3 H's):1. Hani Adel from Wust El Balad - for singing like an angel..and being a mozza2. Hani Said (Player no.6) - for trying to save the day on several occassions..and being a mozza while he's at it3. Hadary (El3ab ya 7adary) - for being a mozza, and also

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Seeing as he might just be ruling the world in the very near future I reckon the speech is probably worth a mention.I read the full transcript and yes he did put the Middle East problem down to "radical Islam".And yes, I was pissed off by that statement.But, he kind of redeemed himself further on by basically saying that the war in Iraq should never have happened.Hmm...

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I had a beautiful morning, I woke up early and I began to read. What I read took me back to Napoli, to Sorrento, to a place high upon a cliff, to Limoncello, to freshly made six-course dinners..We were so young and brave..I felt alive with those memories, full of positive energy and buzzing off the vibes; what I read made me jump up and down with joy on the bed like a kid.I looked back, I looked

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Beep, beep, Masr.

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Herewho cut the cables?it was a giant squid.

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am feeling extremely sorry for myself. never mind... have been wanting to show everyone Sinfest for ages now. i love Sinfest.browse thru the archives too. fantastic.

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i first heard about this documentary through a friend at work, and downloaded it months ago, only today did i find the time and the inclination to actually sit down and watch it. initial reaction: its very interesting watch it if you can :) download and read statement by the filmmaker here although i don't agree with some of it, i do believe that the central message is one which we all need to

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So I’m minding my own business on a Friday morning, surfing, as you do, reading about biodiversity and cures for childhood cancers, thinking “man, I love science, I wish I was a scientist” when I come across a headline: Human-animal embryos get the go-ahead.This makes me do a double take worthy of a cartoon character, and I discover that yes that’s exactly what they are doing, you know ‘they’;

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yes, i love track number 11it's called Trunk

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i think he is..nevertheless i love this post by that guy who speaks to his pigeon, Frank..."So, if this show teach you anything, it should teach you how to respek everyone: animals, children, bitches, spazmos, mingers, lezzers, fatty boombahs, and even gaylords. So, to all you lot watching this, but mainly to the normal people, respek. West side."impressed - I AM

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I came across this article in Egypt Today and i think it's really the most read-worthy thing i've seen in a while, except maybe for the one about the scientist who cloned himself...Anyway, here is the jist of the article..with some stuff thrown in by me.In the year 2020, between 75 and 250 million people in Africa will face problems finding clean drinking water.One person really can slow global

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Cairo Freeze - tribute to Naguib Mahfouz:"...and so one is reminded of the rift between reality and what it should be, so he reloads his pen and goes to battle."Here

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this guy is a genius, check out some of his other inventions here and see the cube in action here...i want one!

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the evolution of man over the next 100,000 yearshereoh, and merry xmas :)

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although i doubt i'll be shaking my bootie anywhere in the direction of libya anytime soon, this list by the ny times of THE 53 places to visit (read shake your bootie) in 2008 aint that bad...if you ignore the fact that they mentioned liverpool...ahemhere

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Black woman #1: Who you gonna vote fo' in this election?Black woman #2, picking her fingernails: I dunno. I just fuckin' hate Bush. Anyone but him.Black woman #1: I like Hillary. I think I'm gonna vote fo' Hillary.Black woman #2: Yeah. I mean, Obama's cute, but I don't care -- he's a black man. My husband's a black man, and he don't do shit.Black woman #1: Mmm, I know.

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:p

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here

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11 daysThey were 45Now theyre 11I haven’t been countingJust been wasting Now theyre 11I cant wait and I canI don’t want them to pass and I doIts bleak and its excitingIts sad and its sweetIts black and it’s the colour of sunrise

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herenote that he was arrested in Egypt of all placesUPDATE: The link was dead, here is another one.

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little orange fishy to the left of this post, is now dead, murdered by his fellow fishbowl mate, nasty fishy.

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It's been a while, lots of things have happened, went travelling in Sinai, came back and got a full time job, my first since staying at home with the little one three years ago. Been scuba diving and parasailing for the first time, spent the weekend at a beautiful place that I’ve always wanted to visit, it’s been good, things have changed very quickly and for the first time in ages, I feel good

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Reuters AlertNet - Egypt mufti says female circumcision forbiddenI dont know what to say really, I'm sure this isnt the first time a child has died or been seriously injured by this backward, primitive, disgusting practice...but then again we are in need of a good internationally appeasing fatwa, after all that breastfeeding business...

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If you are breastfeeding, you will spend 70% of your time postpartum with your breasts hanging out. After a few days walking around the house like this it won’t seem strange to you anymore, even when there are other people around.Going to the toilet, if you remember to, and taking a shower will feel like major achievements.They do tell you there will be a change in your routine, what they forget

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Mo. Man Burns Books As Act of Protest World Latest Guardian Unlimited

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so we're watching animal planet and there's two elephants mating, and the little one goes"mama, howa el feel dah rakeb eih?"

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I have a new toy, it’s an Arabic newspaper called “El Dostor”, which I think means “The Constitution”. Anyway, it’s new because I have never read an Arabic paper before. Anyway, anyway, in today’s edition Wednesday 16th May they have dedicated a whole page to the sexual harassment issue, there are 3 separate articles written by one person (I think), named Ehab Abd El Hamid.Now for the stats: (

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Now for the Scary Bit:“Dr Fadia Abu Shehba, Professor of Criminal Law at The National Centre for Criminal & Sociological Research, states that 20,000 cases of rape take place each year, i.e. 2 rapes every hour, and that 90% of the offenders are unemployed.”“The Ministry of Interior states that 52,000 cases of sexual harassment and rape took place in 2006.”And like the writer says, these numbers

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Of course I have my own sexual harassment story to tell, it happened in the pre-car period of my Cairo life. Which by the way has provided me with much needed protection, even though it only takes about 5 mins of driving for me to completely lose it, at least I don’t have to deal with about 90% of the harassment that I did pre-car.One night as I was walking to the hairdressers a pubescent

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A couple of weeks later, this time in broad daylight I was walking home, and some lad again on a bike, started following me, I wasn’t about to let that boob incident happen to me a second time, so I waited till we were face to face, and I asked him “Fee 7aga?” (Is there something I can do for you?) and his reply was “Aiywa, ayez ado something I can’t really repeat on this blog.” (Yes, I would

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Click on the image for details

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Last night while watching The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe..Hori: What's that creature called?Me: It's a UnicornHori: Does it really exist?Me: (Barely able to contain myself) NoHori: Are you sure? It's ancient, I mean how do you know?Me: (Silence)

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Iraq protest art on Turner shortlist Art & Architecture Guardian Unlimited ArtsSee more pics of the art here See the website of Brian Haw who's been protesting alone for 5 and a half years, and whose work was the inspiration for this art.

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Here

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Yep, it happened again last weekend. This time i thought an attitude adjustment might be in order, you know the whole think positive and positive will happen type of thing. I thought it was me causing all the negativity that happens when we travel, because i was always expecting it to be a nightmare in some form. But, it didnt work. And, we came home the very next day, with a very sick Hori. Who

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One day i'll tell the story of how i got my driving licence without resorting to corrupt measures.Today i went to pick up my licence, and one of the people waiting with me to get his: was a man with a missing arm.

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The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007) - Google VideoThe other side of the coin.So who is telling the truth here? Are we destroying the world with our pollution or not?

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Rantings of a Sandmonkey » DoneOne of the most interesting Egyptian blogs around has come to a sudden end.Update: I did a bit more digging and came up with this "interview"

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BBC NEWS UK Magazine Flight of middle class Muslims

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AlterNet: Culture of Fear: Poetry Professor Becomes Terror Suspect

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Maybe I’ve been living in a bubble, but it took something really simple for me to understand what’s going on in the world today, no, not understand, just realise. I was visiting Amazon last night reading up on a book that I found through a series of random links, after I read the reviews, I went onto the discussion forum, and was shocked and sickened, saddened by what I saw. Hate. Pure

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When I lived in London, I knew I didn’t want to bring up my future kids there. The education is good, but the life is hard. Racism in schools is rife; I suffered it myself, because I wasn’t white, or black, but somewhere in the middle. That was a long time ago, and now, post 9/11 and the London tube bombings, I can only imagine what a nightmare school life must be like for a Muslim kid in a

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My school made me proud to be an Arab. We didn’t care that much for religion, we were Muslim and Christian, we just loved that we could all speak the same language, we were normal teenage girls, with usual teenage concerns, but we didn’t have to suffer racism or discrimination, except once we stepped outside the school grounds.As an adult, I remember the images of 9/11. I was at work that day,

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The morning after 9/11, on the tube going to work, I saw for the first time people looking at me in fear. I thanked God that once again I was safe, because I worked in an Arab company I wouldn’t have to deal with this at work. In the days that followed people went crazy, attacking anyone who looked even remotely Arab or Muslim on the streets of London, even the Indians that wore turbans, it was

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Egypt Bloggers may be the real opposition Economist.com

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The enormity of the V-Tech tragedy has only just begun to dawn on me, today, almost 5 days later. I post this in tribute. Allah yer7amhom, we yer7amna.

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I am always ashamed to admit that i actually watch television, something about being too cultured to waste time partaking of the drug of the nation. But being the lazy sloth-like stay- at-home-mum that i have become, i seem to have a lot of time on my hands.Time which could be better spent doing something other than writing this blog, or watching two seasons of Lost back to back on dvd.I have

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For some reason, Blogger wont allow me to write long ranting posts and prefers get-to-the-point versions, so i have been forced to post some of my stories in two parts (or more), this is not for added dramatic effect, its just the only way i can get longer stuff published.Oh well.

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If you live in Cairo and drive then you know how beautiful it is to find a place to park your car.We share a car park with our neighbouring building and it was defintely one of the reasons why i chose this place when we were recently home hunting.But, a couple of weeks ago a strange thing occurred. Someone (can u say high ranking police official) decided that he wanted half, YES half, of the car

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Then a rumor began to spread that the residents of the two buildings (who include some high ranking army officials) were actually going to do something about this ridiculous situation. They were saying that the land doesnt belong to him and that he has no right to do this, even if he is AMN DAWLA (National Security). Of course i didnt believe that for a minute, because Egyptians are very talented

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List of "things" that happened on our first beach-camping trip over the easter weekend:1. Five holes in one car tire2. Arrived at camping site at 2am due to various "reasons"3. Was too late & too dark to set up tent, so had to sleep under the stars, which wouldnt be that bad if it werent for the rain & lightening, & hungry mosquitoes that soon followed4. Broken glasses, stepped on by horizontal

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This guy reminds me why I love Egypt :)

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See here.Quote: "They would never dare do something similar with a chocolate statue of the Prophet Mohammed naked with his genitals exposed during Ramadan."

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Me love it :)I was driving when this TUNE came on the radio and made me feel all alive again, yes its eighties music at its all time best, dont ever diss the 80's!Plz turn it up and sing ur heart out, it will make u feel better i promise.i remember watching the 1984 movie (Breakdance) this came from as a school kid wearing my grey n green uniform and thinking that we were soooooooooo cool,

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my little one.

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This is what the political situation comes down to, "Half a kilo of meat for voters in referendum"Half a kilo, thats around le15, or $3...everythings cheap in this town. How much is a kilo of meat elsewhere?Maybe, just maybe, we can still hope, "Egypt's president wants military appeals court"gimme a break, i said MAYBE

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trekking in the desert, no way of contacting others because ur mobile network is too busy to care that ur lost, stuck in traffic for 4, i repeat, four hours, only to catch Shakira waving her tits at u from a giant screen and saying "goodbye egypt, mwa! i love you!"did i mention finding ur car by coincidence in the middle of the desert where it was ditched in a last feeble attempt to catch the

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it's a long time joke in my marriage that we have had a travelling curse placed upon us as a couple. anytime, anywhere we go travelling the curse makes its presence known. last weekend we went to our seaside chalet, and lo and behold were (well i was, horizontal husband snored right throught it) woken up by the door rattling sounds of a full on sandstorm. not like me to let this get to me, we hit

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