Impressions of Egypt, Number 12
Thursday, 27 October 2005Hello, Everyone – We are now at home! I shall continue my narrative where I left off on Thursday, October 20, though. On Thursday, as planned, I went back to the dorm after sending the last message, and we finished packing. We were done somewhat early, so we just hung around until iftar time, and [...]
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Impressions of Egypt, Number 11
Thursday, 20 October 2005Hello, Folks – On Saturday, we stayed in most of the day, with a brief jaunt to my office to check Email. On Sunday, it rained. It actually rained one other time in Alex since we have been here, but only for a few minutes. And that time, we didn’t know that it had rained [...]
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Impressions of Egypt, Number 10
Sunday, 16 October 2005Greetings, Again! It has been a week of interesting small occurrences, without much in the way of excitement. Still, a few things worth describing. On Tuesday, I taught my classes in the morning on a slightly altered schedule to accommodate my students’ Ramadan teaching schedules. In the afternoon, I gave a talk about my research. [...]
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Impressions of Egypt, Number 9
Tuesday, 11 October 2005Hello, Again! Last Wednesday, I taught my classes, and we ate lunch. Then, Mahmoud picked me up to take me out for a haircut. Yasser called the place that Mahmoud took me a “barber shop,” but I think it might be more accurately called a beauty salon for men. In general, if I may say [...]
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Impressions of Egypt, Number 8
Friday, 7 October 2005Ramadan Karim, Everyone! Shortly after I sent my last message on Saturday, we were off to the train station again. Yasser took us himself this time, as he doesn’t like to impose too much on Mahmoud’s evenings and weekends at home. We were running a bit late, but we still managed to catch the train [...]
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Impressions of Egypt, Number 7
Saturday, 1 October 2005Hello Everyone – I am trying to get up to date on these messages before I leave for Cairo again this afternoon… Before I resume our adventures with our return to Alex last Sunday, though, I should probably insert at least one thing that I left out from last weekend in Cairo. While I was [...]
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