It’s not that I’m greedy….I think. Maybe I am! OMG….am I greedy? Why is it that when I open my packet of crisps at work I do not go around to each and every person in the room and offer then some before eating any myself? The Egyptians at my work place do.

Ok so you remember when I ate the pigeon? Yes, well I’ve been at it again. Only this time it was not quite a pigeon…it…..was…a….little…bird. Yes, a bird. Like….. Tweety. Yes, yes I feel terrible. Not because it was not fresh or anything I mean, I’m still alive, just. I feel terrible because well, its [...]

I grew up in London England. I grew up not far from Trafalgar Square in Central London, the home of the pigeon. I grew up believing that pigeons are rats with wings. I don’t mean that in a sort of metaphorical sense, I literally mean that I have always considered a pigeon to be the [...]

The term ‘Beladi’ (sometimes spelled Baladi or Beledi) is an Arabic word which literally means ‘country’. It is often used to describe people of the countryside or sometimes used in a slightly derogatory way to mean some one of low income or stature. Beladi I only discovered today also refers to the common drum beat or [...]

Yes Yes… I know that the title of this post resembles the score in the African Cup Final between Egypt and Ghana, but this is MY blog and I’ll ignore that if I want to. No, today I want to talk about Al Azhar Park – Cairo. The entrance is free for children (under 12 [...]