The Warden Message, God, and Soccer
on Nov 17, 2009 in Saint Samaan Monastery Alexandria Algeria St. George Coptic Cairo Soccer Egypt Futbol This warden message is being issued to alert U.S. citizens residing and traveling in Egypt that on Saturday, November 14, 2009, at approximately 7:30 p.m., a soccer match will take place between the Egyptian and Algerian national teams. The game wil...

Only in Egypt
on Nov 9, 2009 in customs Alexandria Halloween Mail Egypt In my last post I had mentioned that Ana went to a pre-Halloween party wearing face paint looking like a calavera (skeleton) and received much local folk attention from doing so. I would wager that most Egyptians in our neighborhood are unaware of th...

Shitta and Kaka
on Oct 26, 2009 in Alexandria Malga Roma Alpine Choir Margaret Scobey The Bibliotheca Hash House Harriers Egypt Gary Zukh Monday. We hit the French Cultural Centre for the first night of the week-long Latin American Film festival. The problem with most films that hit theaters in Egypt is that they arrive highly edited…so it was nice to watch a movie the way it was int...

Streets and Sweets
on Oct 26, 2009 in Street Art Alexandria Banksy Cats Middle East Egypt Yum-yumsBanksy in Alex? Hot teaCoffee and Backgammon two favorite pastimes. Street artStreet catsHot Tost and Crazy Crisps...

Smoking and Fashion
on Oct 20, 2009 in Alexandria Fashion Sheesha Egypt Smoking I thought I'd do less talking this round and show a couple of photographs instead. I've been on a hunt down for more anti-smoking campaign posters...and there is no shortage bee-ah. What is the going rate for a pair of lungs and heart?Siesta timeShe...

Alex Can!
on Oct 19, 2009 in Russian Dance Alexandria Festival Egypt Concert In the next couple of weeks Alexandria will be transforming into cosmopolitan city, adopting elements of neighboring Cairo…very much including the huffing on a tailpipe air quality that has been sticking around in these parts thanks to an almost do...

The Protocol Diaries
on Oct 13, 2009 in Alexandria David Lynch Bullshit Swine Flu Egypt H1N1

Good Pigs, Bad Pigs
on Oct 9, 2009 in Alexandria Swine Flu Egypt We are back in the thick of things this week. School has re-opened after being closed for almost a month, thanks to the H1N1 pandemic. For the record, we closed the school on our own accord as a safety precaution. A person from the Ministry of Health...

Hello Cairo
on Oct 5, 2009 in Pyramids Cairo Zamalek Egypt Ana and I had been speculating when we would take a weekend jaunt down to Cairo, well my friends, that weekend finally arrived. There is quite a bit of history in the city of 12 million and it has to be taken in doses. Ana had been bugging me about...

First Hash Experience
on Sep 26, 2009 in Alexandria Hash House Harriers Egypt We decided to join our friends from school on our first Hash House Harrier experience. The event was described to us as “runners with a drinking problem” or “drinkers with a running problem.”  It is an international social/drinking/running o...