Tag: Cairo
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From Cairo, part 1
Greetings from Heliopolis, Egypt! J-P and I arrived a few hours ago. It is 130am here…and in Dallas it’s 530pm (behind). We are staying with Debbie Taylor, Justin’s mom, who has lived here for almost five years as an English teacher. Heliopolis is now a northern suburb of Cairo, but in ancient times, it was…
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From Cairo, part 2
You know you’re in the Middle East when, at 6am just as the sun is rising, prayer call startles you awake. From the minaret of the nearby mosque each morning at sunrise (and again four times throughout the day) a chanting voice blares over a loudpseaker, calling the devout to prayer. And in Cairo, you…
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From Cairo, part 3
We are back at Deb’s after an exhausting day in Cairo. Heck, Cairo is so chaotic and impossibly inefficient that just spending the day doing NOTHING is an exhausting day. We are back at Deb’s after an exhausting day in Cairo. Heck, Cairo is so chaotic and impossibly inefficient that just spending the day doing…