Hallelujah

I have been thinking a lot about what I am most grateful for this year, and I've realized that it is the luxury of dreaming - the luxury to dream big and to go after those crazy dreams. Furthermore, the luxury of having a support system that nurtures those wild ambitions, tolerates my madness in...

Bella

Waiting is by far the oldest and most painful forms of torture. I hate hospital waiting rooms. I chickened out today. I was unable to sit through another disinfectant smelling corridor listening to machines beep and watching doctors and nurses fly all over the place. Yet here I am a 20-minute drive away waiting… She...

The Namesake

Take your first impression and acknowledge that it is probably wrong. She is not the girl you see nor the girl you perceive. Take a moment and look beyond the facade of bravado and indifference. Give it a chance, she will smile, if you are really lucky she will let you in. If all you...

On Childhood Lessons

My Mom used to use this for educational and reformatory purposes all the time.  

Collapsed Alex Building

This isn't a news piece. Nor is it a political article. Rather this post has a more humane and fragile motive. I write to you not based on contempt for the government for letting it get this far. Nor out of sheer anger at the owner of this doomed building. I write to you as...

Sibling news

My baby sis graduated! *balloons* Today is her 22nd b-day. *fireworks* Today was also her first day at her first ever job. *marching band* Raise your glasses. To new beginnings!

Birthday Rant

Was in Alex over the weekend for my cousin's 21st b-day... yes .. yes ... you know you are getting old when people who's births you remember and who you've cradled are actually turning 21 and are now legally liable for their actions.... Birthday was being held at a new cafe in Kafr Abdu called...

A vacation is….

A vacation is... Waking up around noon to the smell of fresh pancakes coming from the kitchen. Playing PlayStation with an energetic 6 year old as a means of waking up/ regaining mobility, rationality and functionality. Hitting the beach and lying all day in the sun. Having a pool all to yourself to just chill,...

The Real Me

More poetry by the sis, will get her to move into a separate blog if the flow continues. I wonder why I have versions of me the polite, the outspoken and the real me. I guess it's a combination of all of me, but is only revealed when I'm at ease; with the people I'm...

Mother’s Day :)

Ode to a mother A day to celebrate mothers… Like they could ever be celebrated in a day. Women extraordinary beyond description… Like my words can ever do them justice. How do you say thank you? Like you could ever voice that emotion. To a woman who's earned undying devotion: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY Every day....

Poetry by the sis.

Be nice people, it's her first attempt. If you only knew How I feel for you Then maybe you'll know Why I feel so blue I see you there Right in front of me You act like you care You look after me I cherish every word Every look if i dare For I know...

Stormy Weather II

Continued from..... Suddenly a fuzzy image started to appear in the haze that is my awarness. It seemed like it was round red lights. Dear lord, it was the breaklight of a Kia Sephia. I snapped out of my day dream just in time, I slammed the brakes really hard and my car came to...

Stormy Weather

Last Friday whilst I was driving home from my book club session the skies were an odd shade of navy blue and the clouds were almost black. The really daunting skies a warning of the storm to come. Suddenly the skies were filled with a flash of lightening, the power and intensity of its light...

DB Shobrawy’s Degrees of Seperation

I ran into this non-political article on DB Shobrawy's blog. I decided to try my hand at the degrees of seperation. Turns out I'm more corrupt connected than I thought. The objective is to count number of links (degrees of seperation between you and modern day celebrities). Entertainers: Hussein and Mustafa Fahmy (1) Yussra (1)...

Be Strong

Special dedication to a young lady.. she knows who she is. Be strong child... they said; in the face of any storm Be brave child... they said; when the lonely nights are cold Advice from friends and strangers; like the matter was all up to me Put themselves in my shoes; test how strong and...

Growing Pains

Pencil markings on the room wall Memories of a child's growing tall Child-proof locks and safety pins A hundred different little things Packed in boxes and stowed away To be remembered some other day Wall fills up with pictures we took My library fills with a hundred books New perceptions formed as I read Disney's...

Alexandria Wedding

Went to my cousin's wedding in Alex last night. It was a really nice evening, they were a very becoming couple, really suited each other and I got to spend quality time with family. We danced all night, was really sweet. Their first dance was an Arabic song by Mohamed Nour (name eludes me right...