My journey to Cairo and beyond

The cows and sheep (and other similar animals) are back in the street! In fact, I just spotted a cow and a goat in the entry way of an apart...

Shisha or water pipe or hookah is a popular tradition in Egypt....I even got caught up into it. The government has tried to reduce the amou...

Well I did it again. I managed to make new friends...this time with children! I talk to an Egyptian guy every morning on the AUC shuttle (w...

Last weekend my friend Rebecca convinced me to go to Al Azhar Park. We were both frustrated with our large amounts of homework and we neede...

Let me say this year has definitely been interesting mostly thanks to the swine flu. In the summer school was stopped for a week because so...

Hi! Just want to let you all know that I'm actually alive and well. I haven't written in a while! My life and school haven't b...

For those interested, below is a link to an interactive website to know what life is like for some young people in the middle east. http://w...