Morjes!

Welcome to my blog. I write about fitting in, sticking out, and missing the motherland as a serial foreigner.

Yesterday in Cairo

This little guy was hitching a ride on some floating detritus.

A boat on the Nile, with a guy hanging off the front end.

Another boat on the Nile.


Nile bowling, anyone?

Sometimes I think wearing the hijab would be nice because it would simplify fashion. Then I see a table full of hijab pins for sale and I think, maybe not so much.

Downtown. It's buildings like this that help me catch a glimpse of the Cairo known by people like Agatha Christie.

The awesome thing is, this was not even the biggest or coolest bicycle-head-cargo I saw yesterday. It's just the only one I managed to get a picture of.

Ironed pajamas in a pay-someone-to-do-it country

They managed to make Newsies even BETTER!