Nice Assignment (aka showing off the beautiful city I belong to)

So the assignment was to make a list of your favorite places. I love making lists, and i am very emotional when it comes to favorite places of mine!! It is in these places that I have known happiness, excitment, depression, caffiene and sugar rushes, love, friendship, belonging...music and beauty.

• Korba, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt. Here is a flickr set of old Korba, a hundred years ago. And here it is today, early morning, when it is still empty. Cairo, as you may all know, is an extremely crowded city. *takes mental note of taking pictures of her drive home*

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Down that street, is my favorite cafe; Harris...where the interiors are wooden and the waiters friendly.Go here to watch all the faces of Korba; festivals and such.

• Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt

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That is a picture of what you see when we take a Felucca down the Nile.. Zamalek is a very peaceful, serene neighbourhood that has this very laidback, yet confident, chic aura about it. I just love walking down its streets in silence. Another Zamalek picture.

• Diwan bookstore; I think it is the wooden interiors that have the effect on me....that of ease and peace. That, of course, in addition to the sense of belonging I get when surrounded books. To the extent that, one day, when I get married, that's where I want my wedding photoshoot to be.

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• Parts of old Cairo that Mohammed takes me to. Seheimy house, Harawy House....etc. Aren't they just beautiful?

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• Ain ElSukhna, Egypt. I don't think there is anything more beautiful than the Red Sea reflecting the sun; whether rising or setting..with it's low tides.

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• As corny and cheesy as it may sound, the arms that make me feel at home; Mohammed's and my little brother's...I would never be able to put into words my love for them. They really do mean the world to me.
• Our house when it's calm on a Friday morning, when my dad is here (he works in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
• A relatively speeding car, during the afternoon, with the wind in my hair.
• My best friend's very lived in living room!

Enough for now, right? It's just that I am extremely bored at work. Alone. Again. I thank thee for bearing with me!
Anyway, please make a list of your favorite places and show them to me! And if you have any writing prompts...or just creativity prompts, pass them on?