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Monday, 11 February 2013

A spy in a family home

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This is the test. The first time I'm invited into an Egyptian home, and a minefield of faux-pas potentially lays inside. Before leavin...
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Monday, 4 February 2013

Winter warmers

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Salep Fenugreek with milk Cinnamon with milk Another haunt of ours is القهوة التجارية | ilʔahwa_ttugariyya (which translate...
Friday, 25 January 2013

Anniversary of the revolution

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Today is the second anniversary of the day that the revolution started. The realisation that citizens could have an impact on politics, an...
Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Street art of the revolution

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In a country where everyday life has been upheaved in the name of democracy, it is reasonable for citizens to want to do everything they can...
Sunday, 20 January 2013

Violence outside Alex police trials

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Police clashed with demonstrators today along the Corniche after a judge investigating the killing of protesters announced the case would be...
Saturday, 15 December 2012

Garbage City

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In addition to the rag-and-bone men mentioned in my last post , and to the official waste collectors that are becoming more common through m...
Monday, 10 December 2012

The cosmopolitan dustmen

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The voice of a sheikh calling the faithful to prayer is not the only familiar voice to bellow through an Alexandrian street. In the mornin...
Tuesday, 20 November 2012

The windy season

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A storm brews over the Med, © the fantastic Oz to Eire Overland blog At first, it's just the windows I hear as they rattle in the...
Monday, 8 October 2012

The coffee menu

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Spot the difference. Read on for the answer ... The word قهوة | ʔahwa has another use alongside meaning a coffeehouse , and that is the ...
Monday, 1 October 2012

Life in the coffeehouses

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Rarely does a day go by during which I fail to spend an hour or so at some point in one of Alexandria's many coffeehouses. Many of the ...