Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

Posted on Monday 7. April 2008 at 11:50

al-Khamasin! al-Khamasin!

As I mentioned yesterday, we had a sandstorm headed our way. I have been asking everyone I know who lives here what they are like and I finally got to see one for myself. This was of the mild variety, though.
The sky was a little hazy this morning, and then all of a [...]

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How About This Weather?

Posted on Saturday 26. January 2008 at 16:02

Smalltalk backfires to my advantage.
I am really bad at smalltalk. I hate talking about things that I don’t care about or am not interested in, so I am not good at bringing them up.
Now, we all know that when you have nothing to say, you talk about the weather. Well, I was in a [...]

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Rainy Days in Cairo

Posted on Tuesday 22. January 2008 at 16:20

Climate Change? Maybe
It has rained for the past two days in Cairo. This is a little odd, as it very rarely rains in Cairo. In fact, it is one of the driest urban areas in the world. Last night we even had a thunderstorm. I certainly wasn’t expecting that.
Anyone else having odd weather where [...]

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