Tag Archives: Islam
Shop til you…
Aside from monuments, historical sites, and museums, one of the ways you can learn a lot about a place within a compact experience is by going shopping. No, I don’t mean the hunt for that umpteenth pair of pumps or … Continue reading
Filed under Denmark, Egypt, France, Netherlands
A Day in the Life: Going Whole Sea Bass
This is our second-to-last weekend in Egypt! With that depressing thought in mind, we compiled a list of the things we hadn’t yet and still wanted to do or see in Alexandria and went at it yesterday. First, we headed … Continue reading
What Egypt Wears: women
Both the East and the West are guilty of prejudice against each other and against their own citizens for not sticking to cultural norms. Yes, women in the States might have more freedoms in their choice of clothing, but there … Continue reading
Filed under Egypt
Shake it! Belly dance in modern Egypt
For the past month we have been taking belly dance classes at a local gym and on Friday, we got to see a professional dancer perform in Ain-el-Sokhna, a town near the Red Sea. The dance, beautiful as it is, … Continue reading
Filed under Egypt
a quiet success
THE END IS NIGH, PEOPLE. DON’T YOU REALIZE THAT FOR A MONTH NOW, ONE OF OUR MOST SACRED SPACES HAS BEEN VIOLATED BY DECEPTION AND LIES! IT’S TIME TO RALLY! Yeah, well… that was the response I was expecting today, … Continue reading
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