I I made it to Egypt, finally, and I survived the first 48 hours. I haven't really studied Arabic much since I graduated three years ago, but I am happy to report that apparently I know how to speak Arabic quite well. I won't be staying in Cairo. It is far too expensive to rent an appartment here in...
Books: Show us your summer reading list. Submitted by marvel is my pen name. Following is a list of books I'm planning on reading. I may or may not get to them all this summer, but this is what I have on tap, anyway: PD James, Children of Men - currently reading Joseph Campbell, The Hero With A...
"Mahfouz wrote in a classical Arabic, which is comparable to Shakespearean English and doesn’t lend itself easily to translation." najib (naguib in the egyptian dialect) mahfouz is one of my favorite authors... i started reading the english translations of his stuff well before starting my studies...
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