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In Spain

I am in love with Spain! I was explaining to someone the first smell that hits you when you arrive to spain is the smell of wet earth followed by the smells of chimneys… it has been training here.
I must warn you guys that i am writing this with the most difficulty. To start with, [...]

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بيروت يا ست الدنيا

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In Beirut

Food is great here, people are friendly as expected. But what surprised me that  it is a jungle of high concrete buildings. (I truly appreciate the 4 story-buildings rule in Amman.  I hope Maani will not wake up one day thinking it is not modern enough)
We are staying off Hamra street. I love the café trotoires, I [...]

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Mahmoud Darwish on Football Game محمود درويش على مبارة الجزائر

In Egypt
 
Inspired by Nas
 I was in Egypt last week.  And even though my love to Cairo is as big as the pyramids, I was disappointed at how Egypt received the Algerian team.  Not only did they beat them up, but thousands of people spent their night honking and beeping around the hotel in which the [...]

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Wadi Mukheires

I went hiking to a beautiful place called Wadi Mukhereis near the dead sea… and although it is not the first time I have been there, I still felt fascinated by the savage beauty that is hidden inside the mountains; A perfect eco system of waterfalls, rocks, insects and plants… all living in peace and [...]

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In Armenia

I am in a part of the world, I have never been in before… Armenia!
I am on a project here, and the temptation to discover  this side of the world was simply too big for me to refuse.  The weather is great here, even though I thought it would be -9 according to Google weather…. [...]

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Bulls running in the streets and the horror of la Corrida

The weather took a funny turn; it changed from withering hot to windy cold… I am glad I had my green fleece jacket with me (I am not sure where the word fleece comes from, or if it is even spelled like this).
 I was walking in the streets, pondering my fortune. I realized this is [...]

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My Graduation, London

During that split of a second in which I was crossing the stage to “be presented”, I felt that the world was at the tip of my fingers. And even though my presentation lasted only for 4 seconds, I savoured these seconds as i would savour a piece of chocolate, leaving it as long as [...]

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