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You have to see this!! Thank you loveliest Iris! She has a beautiful blog, too! So this made my day today :)

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All of you lovely people have been asking me what I am going to do next, after my professor told me I was/am in the wrong place...
I honestly don't know. I think I will go on with this, or maybe wait until this term's grades come out and see? What do you think?The thing is, if I want to do creative writing or any writing program, I will have to leave my dear country- I don't think my dad would let me. And I don't think I would be able to survive as long as it would take without my family.

Do you think having a career or a job in general changes you?

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I got three books this week! Beer in the Snooker Club, Miramar, and Adrift on the Nile. And it is not by coincidence that they are all set after the 1952 coup d'etat in Egypt and tackle the social mobilization (or the lack of) that took place at that time as reflected on the different strata of the society.

I am not going to impose on myself a language I do not speak!

I will base my political science paper on literature!

Check this and this!

A Silver Lining!

My political science professor didn't like my proposal.

He said it was a great proposal for a reflective paper, and that it had a great creative sense to it. But it wasn't a good proposal for an analytical essay.

But you know that every cloud has a silver lining right? YES!!

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Guess what he said! He gave me the best compliment ever! He said "you are in the wrong place." I said "what do you mean?" he said, "You are in the wrong place, from the very first day I could feel it, you should be doing creative writing, I could even see it in your emails"

I said "wow...that is such a great compliment.... thank you!"

Yes, I love that man. Dr. Abdel Aziz Ezz El Arab, thank you for being such a great person. And thank you for your constructive criticism! Thank you!

Procrastinating

I am addicted to Farmville! It makes me want to have a real farm/garden so bad! Add me of Facebook if you have the same obsession? You can still add me if you don't! Just let me know you added me through the blog okay?

Speaking of obsessions, I have quite a few!
I am obsessed with Vera Wang's Princess. I am obsessed with my hair (despite it's almost permanent unruly state)I am obsessed with being right. And with knowledge, I have to know everything which gets quite tiresome at times. I am also obsessed with my family. I love my family to pieces!

Speaking of my family, being the eldest of four, and having an almost thirteen year old sister (who has a Jonas Brothers obsession which I consider a sin, a disgrace and a serious lack of musical taste) and an eight year old brother, my house is usually more of a circus. Noisy and messy and just...hectic! I blame them (and the traffic) for my close to zero tolerance to noise.

What's your favourite livejournal community? And fall/autumn song(s)? (Missy, I asked this with you in mind!)

Oh, and Nasser is not making my essay any easier...why did he have to be such a contreversial person? I mean, I never even liked him, because my grandfather didn't, basically, but now that I have to actually write a whole research essay about anything Nasser related, I hate him for giving me so much trouble!

I still love you Egypt!

at the stadium- Fifa U20

view from the Cairo Tower

Both photos taken by me!

Weather and Economics

For Kristin:

Florida, even Cairo is a bit (Relatively) chilly now! will you do that please? You can keep the sun, because it's sunny in Cairo (mostly) so please for Kristin's sake (and mine!) stop being so warm!

It was a full moon last night, and yesterday, the clouds were very cotton-candy like. And they were so close I could touch them! In fact, I have touched clouds before, when my grand father took us to Switzerland, my sister and I touched the clouds.

Of suns and skies.

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A while ago, I argued with someone about applied rule and act utilitarianism. I don't know if you are familiar with the terms but rule utilitarianism is what John Stuart Mill believed in, that if it is not right, then nothing could justify it. whereas, act utilitarianism (Bentham) is basically "the purpose justifies the means", if it's for the general good then just do it.

When it comes to my values, I am strictly rule utilitarian...and it leaves me with one of two problems, either I can't please people I am supposed to please, or I go against my values...

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The sun is out and the clouds are pretty, I am staying in because of a mood swing and TONS of studying to to, it turns out that the grad-school business is not easy after all! Very time consuming and demanding and...just challenging! I am not used to that...I am used to everything being feasible and relatively easy!

Help!

How is your Tuesday everyone?

PS I have tons of awards that I am saving up for one or 2 posts! yay?

Welcome Back, Me!

This here is such a great description of my lovely lovely city. Wessam, I don't think I've been able to describe the beauty of Cairo in such eloquence

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I am thankful that Cairo has finally given us what would be accepted by us Caireines (sp?) as autumn weather! There is a cool breeze and a few clouds- it is in fact quite gloomy out there. And the occasional rain during the day. I slept with the AC off yesterday! Ankle boots and cardigans are now allowed!

Thank you, Cairo!!

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So, next week I have a midterm and I had to submit a proposal last Thursday about Nasser....and I hate it and it scares me. Research papers scare me.

Also, Thursday we sort of had a costume/Halloween party at my best friend's and it was ....funny. Seriously so, I don't remember the last time I laughed that much!

The AUC employment fair is a must-go, okay?

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I need inspiration really...I just finished reading all the post on my reader. I have a lot of studying to do and I need to leave it all behind and head to the beach..I am being to random, but that's just me.