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countdown started…

About one week to go and we fly to Casablanca…I’ve been a good girl. I’ve tried all the clothes on what I’m going to pack with us. And guess what – I found my old pair of jeans and they fit! Jippii! all my excercise materials are soon packed… I get excercise enough carrying things up

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bringing up tomorrow's fathers…

Yesterday was an International Women’s Day What Women Want June 2009 issue… Today I want to ask you:  What kind of men tomorrow’s fathers will be? How do you bring up your children? Do you think ‘boys are boys’ and girls are ‘princesses’? Is a woman’s place in the home? 1 in 4 say yes-poll Do

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weekend images 5.-7.3.10

I’m going to have a ‘meme break’ after this weekend.  We’re travelling next weekend and then I’m going to be busy because we’re moving out of Egypt.  I’ll be back in April – when – not sure yet. But this weekend I’m going visit and comment all those player’s blogs who leave a comment here. 

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Cairo Opera House complex part 1.

In December we visited Cairo Opera House complex and there The Egyptian Modern Art Museum where you could not take photos but here’s the link to their web site where they have a lot of pictures of the art inside the museum. I know I have Egyptian readers. Please help me:  who is this peacefully sitting man? I

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thunderstorm in Cairo, Egypt

We had a thunderstorm spiced with hailstorm on Thursday 25.2.2010 just couple of minutes before the storm started… pieces of roof tiles after the storm shot next morning…

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what women want…I'm single and want to leave Egypt!

what women want…I’m single and want to leave Egypt!Previous what women want post is hereFebruary 2010 issue of the What women want magazine  includes an article  “I’m single and want to leave Egypt!” by Amany Eid There are many reasons why Egyptian women consider leaving Egypt:– look for another job– looking for better pay– to

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Looking at the Sky on Friday in front of my dentist's practice…

May I introduce my dentist in Cairo – Dr. Amr Shabka. He is not just an ordinary dentist, but rather an artist! He is very gentle. He never uses those creepy ‘irons’ which are used by dentists in Finland.  You know those metal strips which are screwed around the tooth and tightened so that the gum cracks!? Autch!

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my skies in Cairo, Egypt

Morning sky changes really quickly. Five minutes and the beauty has gone – to come back in different form tomorrow morning… 30.12.2009 at 6:56 am 30.12.2009 at 7:10 am 11.1.2010 at 6:26 am 11.1.2010 at 6:43 am 14.1.2010 at 6:58 am 14.1.2010 at 7:04 am 18.1.2010 at 6:51 am 18.1.2010 at 6:58 am * On

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The Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Cairo, Egypt part 1.

The Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Cairo, Egypt part 1. just buildings, doors…I have a zillion more pictures…okay not a zillion but at least 2 more parts to post later! Your first visit here? You might think why the hell I’ve put those annoying watermarks on top of the pictures. Because an online news site misused one

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