Author: seanv2
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Gender in Cairo
I wrote this post in the summer of 2007 when I was living in Cairo. Much changed soon after and my “resistance is weak” line seems horribly naive. Much was building, even then, but I was too out of touch to see it. Still, I’m leaving this as it was written at the time. …
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The Collection; Or Me, Navigating a Bureaucracy In a Language I Do Not Understand
This post and many more around here, was originally posted on livejournal in 2007. Reposted here largely for my own amusement. Yesterday, I had to renew my visa. Holy shit was it a mess. There is really no way I am going to be able to explain how nuts the whole experience was, how confused I was, how…
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The Zamalek Boardwalk
Another post originally written for livejournal during my stay in Cairo. This is the boardwalk a couple of blocks from my house on the island of Zamalek. On one end stands the Iraqi embassy, on the other, the hip nightclub Sequoia. It’s a small little site – only about two blocks long. On weekend nights,…
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Cairo (The Hanging Church)
I should do a big tourist post about everything I’ve seen – maybe later. For now, settle for these bullet points of last couple days… 1. This weekend I almost got in a fist fight with a cabbie. 2. I also saw all of coptic cairo, which boasts cairo’s oldest synagogue, church and mosque. I…
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Islamic Cairo I
Note: another old post from a long-dean LJ account I had while I lived in Cairo Friday was my first excursion into Islamic Cairo, the part of town built after the “opening of Cairo” as my coworker and guide, K told me. We were more interested in taking our time and enjoying the day then…
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Cairo (Part 4)
Running in Cairo in June is a sure way to prove that there is nothing necessarily healthy about training for a marathon. I am still sweating. And my snot is really, really black. But I gotta say I love my neighborhood, I got incredibly lost, but hey, it’s a island, so as long as you…
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Cairo! (Day Three)
Do you ever have those moments where you just can’t believe your life? I had one today where I was like “holy fucking shit, I am riding in cab, over the Nile rive, in a suit, on my way to my first day at a job in a law office where I will be the…
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Cairo! (day 2)
I am stuck in the apartment today waiting for my luggage to arrive. They say it will be here sometime between noon and five. Thanks Italians, you’ve ruined most of my first day in Cairo. Last night N, the new roomie*, took me for a mini tour of Zamalek, the neighborhood we’re living in. Its…
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The Cabbie Photo
This is among a large number of posts I’ve moved from a now defunct livejournal account. It was written in the summer of 2007 when I lived in Egypt. I have been thinking about this photo in a hundred different ways. What does it say for someone like me to take a picture of the…
Milo and the Calf 