House of Curiosity...

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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…. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

5:45 AM
I slept most of the time during the flight… last thing I remembered was the plane taking off… I forgt  how afraid of flying I am… especially at taking off and landing… the rapid change in pressure terrifies me….
Although Charles de Gaulle is one of the biggest airports in the world (and worst) [...]

As I was flicking through my pictures, I found those two… they were taken two years ago in the heart of Cairo… I was fascinated with the idea of a non-fiction fiction…  and even though it was my least day in Cairo, I made it a mission to find out if the building was real [...]