Today I was in my taxi in a ton of traffic, and I suddenly I felt feeling about Cairo that surprised me… I think I am in love with this city. I leave in just three weeks, but today was an absolutely perfect day and now I am not sure if I can actually leave this place.
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I started in Al Kahlifa Cemetery/ Community with a visit to the NGO/ collective- Megawra. They have done a lot of restoration work in the area, such as saving important monuments. However, they are also invested in the community that resides in this area by hosting children’s education programs, a clinic, and soon a 3 day festival bringing in people to this area to celebrate its culture and history. I am going to hopefully volunteer a bit with them, so more on this later.
To finish the day I did some writing at the Sufi bookstore in Zamalek, attended a very interesting lecture about the arts economy in Egypt hosted by the Fulbright committee, and then had a beer with Lisa (who is from Berlin- another favorite place of mine) in this famous downtown cafe, el horreya.
miaya miaya? And soon you will see Frances in Barcelona?
miaya miaya is arabic (in the english alphabet) for 100/100 or مائة مائة
It is used as an expression after something goes well to proclaim it perfect
And yes I will see my sister! How did you know? I am going to do a short layover on my way to Argentina. Before you know it there will hopefully be blog evidence.