Since returning to Alexandria from the Emirates, we have had "reconciliation with Egypt." Kolehaga helua, helua! (everything is "beautiful!")
We don't need to get angry or frustrated any more because we know what to expect. Furthermore, we do have pity on the lost; realizations about the uncertainty and, often, ignorance that people may live in here. Can't blame 'em for those habits; after all, what do they know to do about it? En shaala. What's done is done; we learned a lot, and it's a new day.
Well, the air has been crisp and cool, much more enjoyable. We could sit on the seaside corniche, and finally ignore the litter along the shore. Eid Al At7ha brought the most obnoxious mosque-screeching I've ever heard, but we did get to see the ANCIENT SCROLL ROOM at the Great Alexandria Library with our Australian friends who came into town!
We received Sameh's new Egyptian ID, and also the long-awaited sexy muted-teal NEW EGYPTIAN PASSPORT! Complete with electronic barcodes! He is SO happy with this new toy. My Egyptian immigration status is in process, which means I might also have a sexy muted-teal NEW EGYPTIAN PASSPORT in a few years.
In honor of this city that has hosted us generously -- Iskandrea -- we write this blog according to your Egyptian humour: Thank you for your time; thank you for your zillion cups of tea! I had fun shopping at your Fathalla grocery stores. Sure, your salad is wilted, it’s a bit more trafficky and hard to get around... The roads are paved with chunky asphalt, oh my engineering colleagues would have cried. But you always ask me if I need tea. God bless you. =)
God can take our hardest experiences and turn them into good - Romans 8:28 tells us He is working out the good for those who love Him. 2 Corinthians 4 tells us our momentary light afflictions are producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
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