Secret Egyptian Diary

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

5.12.2021

I went to an amazing place today and I can’t believe it. We were at the American cafe “Friends” where they had everything but absolutely everything like in the show and it was just beautiful. So I was there with my husband and my daughter, and because my leg is twisted and I can’t walk on it properly, we took a taxi there.I couldn’t wait any longer, and I had to go there today, because it was now or never. I’ve been talking about it for a long time, that I want to go there, but it never worked out because of the weather. The weather in Alexandria at the moment is very bad, unpredictable and mainly it rains all the time.

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Egyptian Birthday – Asiya, 5 years

How was it?

Well, at first it was so strange, because firstly my husband and I argued about the fact that I wanted to invite some of my Egyptian friends to the party. However my husband was against it, because he told me not to mix it. We are supposed to have only a purely family party and we can invite our friends another time. So I didn’t invite anyone, but after that he eventually invited our mutual friends, but he didn’t tell me about it at all. He didn’t tell me until the morning, when we were getting ready for the party. Honestly I was very angry.

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Happy New Year 2017

31.12.2016

The last day of the year and I had so many things to do, write a new article in the blog, clean the apartment and other house work etc. However, as always in times when I need to do so many things, my daughter wouldn’t let me. She never wants to sleep when I start to do something.

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I could not sleep, I was just worried about my baby

12.30.2016

18.12.2016 – today is the long-awaited big day. The day my daughter was born.

How did it all happen? Very strange and also funny and mostly unprepared.

Since I live in Egypt I understand here it is a trend to deliver babies by cesarean to avoid pain. Honestly I did not want this, so very long time I was searching with my husband for a doctor who is capable of delivering a baby normal way.

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Cairo Golden Parade – I faced Pharaohs, I had read about or adored

25.12.2021

We went to dinner at 5 o’clock. We basically just changed into different clothes because we were really dirty from the pyramids, and we went to dinner right away. When we reached the restaurant, which was next to the terrace where we could see the pyramids, we were alone again. I have to say, I was really starting to like the hotel. I love when we’re alone somewhere, because it’s so rare in Egypt, and most of all, everyone cares about you more. 

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Why we were walking in the pyramids on Christmas day?

24.12.2021

We decided to take a cab, which will be there in just five minutes to save time. The only thing, which we didn’t expect, we couldn’t just catch any cabs. After standing on the street for about 10 minutes, one of the cabs finally stopped for us. However, when my husband told him we wanted to go to the pyramids, he drove off as fast as he came. I stood with my mouth open. How come the cab didn’t take us where we wanted to go? Honestly, this has never happened to me in Alexandria!

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Christmas trip to Cairo

24.12.2021

I knew I had to go somewhere. Far away from Alexandria. First of all, I don’t like the winter in Alexandria. It’s raining so much and the streets are all muddy, the sewers aren’t working, so all the streets are underwater. Plus, when the sea get rough and it’s pouring out, then it’s really horrible.

Secondly, it’s Christmas. I honestly haven’t celebrated Christmas in 10 years but it’s still a difficult time for me. I used to really love Christmas, and even though it’s been such a long time, I still can’t seem to deal with it inside myself. My solace are always only Christmas movies and candy.

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Preparation for our future cat

11.10.2020


The first day alone. My husband went back to Europe for work. This time, of course, he’s going to Greece. Where he’s going to spend one week and then go to Prague. I’ve gotten used to our lifestyle. All goodbyes and greetings so it doesn’t even bother me anymore. I take this free time as a time for myself, to learn and personally grow. However to do not feel lonely I decided to have a cat.

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Happy Birthday to me 27

4.2.2020

So I got to a point which I never hoped would come so soon. Well, yeah, I’m just old-fashioned, but I promised myself that it was time to take life a little seriously. At least after the 7 years that I’ve been lost, I know who I am or who I want to be: “I’m a writer about Egypt.”

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