First time I saw “Kasab” it looked like bamboo. “Kasab” is just sugarcane, they call it “ ‘Asab” in Ammiyah (their local language).In Egypt they sell these on the street and make sugarcane juice. Sugarcane also very cheap like anything
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I was sweating like crazy, but this time it wasn’t because of the heat. I was nervous for the final test in the center to see our level in speaking and our level generally in Arabic. All of us were
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Something that you see a lot in Egypt that you don't see in America too much is stray animals. In Egypt there are groups of cats that live near garbage cans. If you are going by garbage you will
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The Egyptian life is different than American life. Everything from the houses to the people are different from America. Most of Egypt is city unlike America. The building are all a yellowish color which is different from the city’s
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My family came to visit me in Cairo and they stayed for 4 days. I was excused from the classes to be with them and show them around. We went to the pyramids and rode camels, citadel of salahuddin,
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The moving truck looked exactly like this except it didn’t have this many things on it. Moving in Egypt is way different than moving in America. It is harder than moving in America (At least compared to Pennsylvania). The biggest
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After my entrance visa’s time expired I needed to go an get a tourist visa. To get a visa in Egypt you need to go to the government building in freedom square. This is where the protests happened in
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Falafel is a deep-fried ball or patty made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both. Falafel is a traditional Middle Eastern food, commonly served in a pita, which acts as a pocket, or wrapped in a flatbread. "Falafel" also
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Proverbs are simple sayings that you can use to express a sentence usually about truth or for advice. For example “The pen is mightier than the sword”. These sayings are well known and there are many of them in many
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Air conditioners are one of the best inventions of mankind. I didn’t notice this until the last couple weeks in Egypt. When I was in America I thought that it used to be very hot and turn on the
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Here in Egypt there are 3 ways a man without a car can go araoud. One puplic buses. Two taxis and three microbuses. Microbuses are vans with 3 rows of seats. The last seat of the first two rows
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This day was the best out of all because after breakfast my cousin tought me how to use a bow and arrow and afterwords we played soccer. The we went to the cinemas hoping to watch Captain America civil
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We woke up early and got dressed. A bus came to pick some of us up to take us to the wedding place. The wedding program itself was shorter than I expected and honestly, I thought it was boring.
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After I woke up we had breakfast with all the family members, and afterwords my little brother who came yesterday my cousins and I hung out in the neighborhood. Then my brother and I visited our grandfather who live close
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A kills days ago I was in Istanbul, Turkey. It's was a 4 day visit for my aunts wedding. I landed in Istanbul around 4 o'clock AM so I was dead. My uncle picked me up from the airport
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Couple weeks ago we did a barbecue on the roof of a building. We all had jobs to do and my job was to sit beside the fire and coock the meat. I was glad not only because it's
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There are many rich countries in the world but unfortunately Egypt isn't one of them. There are rich people in Egypt but there are also many poor people. There are villas of the rich but there are also the
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My adventures in Egypt all started when I landed in Cairo airport by myself. My friends had all ready came to Egypt and started there class a month before I came to Egypt. I came late because I was
Continue Reading →In the middle of the semester our Arabic teacher said that will have a party at the end of the year where we are going to talk, sing, and show our Arabic skills. He said all of the teachers are
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One thing many people would think is that all of Egypt is all sand. Actually this is not true. It has deserts and it also has places with grass. The top of Egypt has more grass. Cairo is near
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We went on many great trips but there are also trips that were not good. The worst trip that we went on was the trip to Giza zoo. Compared to zoos in America this one is not even comparable.
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Egypt is a big country with many places to go. We went to a few of them and there are still so many places to see. The first place we went to was hadigat El ezher, which is a huge
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These past 8 months in Egypt has been hard but it's almost over. Soon we are going back to America. I can remember when we went home for winter break 5 months ago. It seems like it went so fast
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The first day we came to Egypt I remember us going to get juice. In Egypt there are little juice markets where juice is made fresh. The fruits in Egypt are fresher and juicier than in America. The first juice
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In Eygpt I saw lots of stray cats in the streets. I saw stray dogs too but there was a great number of cats especially around trash cans. I remember in history classes we learned how the ancient Eygptians
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The reason I came to Egypt, so far away from my home was for one reason: to learn Arabic. Arabic truly is a rich and beautiful language, and by rich I mean that this is a language where there is
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There are many things in Egypt that are cheaper than things in America, for example a bottle of water is around 2 Egyptian pounds which equals less than a dime. 1 dollar is equal to 10 Egyptian pounds. Most
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Egypt Education System: An OverviewEgypt is known for its extensive education system as compared to other countries of Middle East and North Africa. In Egypt, education is offered for free and is also mandatory from grades 1 to 9th,
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The ancient Egyptians believed that it was important to record and communicate information about religion and government. Thus, they invented written scripts that could be used to record information. The most famous of all ancient Egyptian scripts
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We are close to ending our Egypt journey for this year; less than a month is left! I will miss a lot of things about Egypt when I return, especially the delicious food we eat here. I will also miss
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Before we came to Egypt to study the Arabic language we have heard that there was an old Cairo and new Cairo. Among friends we were debating where would it be better to stay in new Cairo or old Cairo.
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