Recent Posts Tagged With 'egypt(ian)'

• Reporting from Hagenberg!

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 09:51 in austria, day tales, egypt(ian)

  *sound fades in with white noise*Duuu Dururu Du Du Duuuuu!Welcome to the Hagenberg News Channel, bringing you the latest and hottest news from the faraway land of Absentia. This is the late night/early morning (we don't really classify after 2 am and...

• Ramadan Kareem!

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 08:15 in tradition, egypt(ian)

  Finally! We've been waiting in anticipation for some time now!For Muslims all around the world, this is our favorite time of the year.There will be fasting till sunset, more praying and more Quraan reading.There will be feeding the poor and a heighte...

• First swine flu case in Egypt!

  Posted on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 at 11:03 in In the News, egypt(ian)

  It has just been announced (Aljazeera, in Arabic), a mere 2 hours ago, that Egypt is suffering its first swine flu case!!A 12-year old Egyptian-American arriving in the country for a summer vacation tested positive for the disease. Her mother and oth...

• Happy Eid Adha!

  Posted on Sunday December 7th, 2008 at 13:13 in holidays, tradition, egypt(ian)

  Well, today marked the last day of Hajj and the beginning of the big eid, bairam or feast... "Eid Al Adha".What's that you ask?It's the time when muslims (who are able to do so) worldwide sacrifice sheep (usually sheep, but they can also be cows, goa...

• Back To The Homeland!.. & Happy (belated) Eid!

  Posted on Wednesday October 1st, 2008 at 06:07 in Me, egypt(ian)

  I'm not eggsactly sure why it took that much time for me to start posting again.. When someone asks, I like to blame it on the lack of time .. "Oh, we've been SO busy with settling back in and with the university starting and everything, it's just be...

• Friday Love List : Salah Jahin's Quatrains

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 11:28 in lists, literature, philosophy, arabic, contemplating, lurve list, egypt(ian)

  Yes, they're awesome enough to take over the Friday Love List all for themselves!For any Egyptian and probably any Arab, the mere mentioning of "Rubaiyat Salah Jahin" is pretty much self-explanatory. He's one of the greatest Egyptian poets (among ot...