Archive for the ‘egypt’ Category
October 4th, 2012
The newest Terminal Lance cartoon features female Marines, a rarity since the comic is primarily about grunts: Terminal Lance #228 “Real Live Women!” “This is nothing new or unusual, the USO is always bringing people that own vaginas overseas to boost morale and always has…but the USO never brings these vagina-bearers to smaller FOBs and [...]
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January 6th, 2012
As I mentioned the other day, I’m traveling overseas this winter! Again! First I’m going back to Egypt to visit a friend and to do a short Arabic course, then I’m flying to China. My brother conveniently moved there last year to work so now I can go visit and use him as a free [...]
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December 20th, 2010
Here’s a reprint of a post I did for the Women Marines Association blog this fall: ——————————————————————- I’ve been so busy with school this semester that I haven’t had a lot of time to do much writing, but here is a short story and two photos from Cairo, Egypt, where I was stationed for my [...]
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December 17th, 2009
Cairo, March 2009 A camel at the Giza pyramids. He was probably being ridden by one of those obnoxious men who follow you around with their camel and try to harass you into taking a camel ride. No thanks…
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October 8th, 2009
Cairo – March 2009 This isn’t a very good picture, I took it from inside the car and across the street, but I think it’s funny: Arabic grafitti and then “BOB”. Ha.
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September 29th, 2009
Cairo – March 2009 This is a bar in downtown Cairo where they calculate your tab based on the number of empty bottles on your table.
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September 27th, 2009
Khan el-Khalili, Cairo – April 2009 I’m jumping ahead a bit in my catch-up-on-posting-Egypt-photos mission, but this one is for an “iHeartFaces” photo contest. This week’s theme is “blue” (the color) and I think this photo qualifies! Plus I think it is very sweet. They were about to go down a flight of stairs and [...]
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September 25th, 2009
Old, new, mistakes, discarded, forgotten, dusty metal objects in a metal shop in the Khan. Khan el-Khalili, Cairo – March 2009
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September 9th, 2009
This is what Cairo looks like from up here: See? Bab Zuwayla, Cairo – March 2009
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September 1st, 2009
Giant piles of wool. Women’s clothes. Lots of fruit! No idea what these are… These were from the market area on the other side of the street from the touristy Khan el-Khalili. I don’t know if that area has a separate name or not. Cairo – March 2009
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