Posted on 6 April, 2008 by charafantah
Before I go to Ras Mohammed, i tried to plan my trip before i go from online resources, as I usually do. Only to be surprised by the lack of information! there is NOTHING useful whatsoever about going to Ras Mohammed protectorate or on camping there.
So now after i came back, i decided to write [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: camping., diving, Egypt, mangroove, natural park, nature, protectorate, ras mohamed, ras mohammed, sharm, sharm el sheikh, sinai, snorkeling, south sinai, محمية, تخييم, جنوب سيناء, رأس محمد, راس محمد, سيناء, شرم الشيخ | 9 Comments »
Posted on 3 April, 2008 by charafantah
Am going to Ras Mohammed protectorate today i’ll be camping there for 2 days.
With nothing but 3 of my friends, sleeping bags and canned food….we’ll see if we’ll survive
Pictures by Anel Van Veelen
Expect new stories to tell when am back
Filed under: Egypt, Me, fun | Tagged: camping., desert, diving, Egypt, protectorate, ras mohammed, sinai, snorkeling | 3 Comments »
Posted on 1 April, 2008 by charafantah
Is it just me, or did someone else notice this?
i’ve been following Al Ahram for the past 3 days, and everyday the main title has to start with “Mubarak – مبارك” and there is a smaller article on the main page beneath it titled “Gamal Mubarak – جمال مبارك“
Is that a coincidence?or that’s some kind [...]
Filed under: Bull Shit, Egypt, random thoughts | Tagged: ahram, Al ahram, Egypt, gamal mubarak, jimmy, Mubarak, مبارك, الأهرام, التوريث, جمال, جمال مبارك, جيمى | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 25 March, 2008 by charafantah
I had some friends coming from the US and they wanted to visit some touristic places in Egypt et all.
So i decided to take them to a couple of places trying to *impress* them with the Egyptian *civilization*, anyway, since my last year experience with foreigners at the pyramids REALLY sucked, and was very embarrassing, [...]
Filed under: Bull Shit, Cairo, Egypt | Tagged: citadel, Egypt, history, museum, pharoahs, saladin, tourism, tourist, tutankhamen | 1 Comment »
Posted on 17 February, 2008 by charafantah
الواحد و هو فى الغربة…..مفيش غير أهل بلده إللى ممكن يكسروا مرارة الغربة
So here’s my stories with the several encounters with Egyptians in Riyadh:
The Egyptian embassy in Riyadh:
We all went today to the embassy to report our stolen passports and find out how we will be back to Egypt, we already knew about a few [...]
Filed under: Bull Shit, Egypt, Me | Tagged: consulate, Egypt, embassy, lazy, passport, riyadh, scrooge, قنصلية, كسل, بخل, سفارة | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 14 February, 2008 by charafantah
It’s been a few days since my last blog, a few things happened, but i was so busy to blog (specially that i have no laptop now, so the only chance to blog is from the office, which as you might notice, i would be SO busy, so i can get out of here as [...]
Filed under: Me, Work | Tagged: bad, dentist, disasters, Egypt, embassy, good, harrasment, homosexual, ksa, luck, passport, riyadh, saudi arabia, tooth | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 15 January, 2008 by charafantah
A friend of mine, sent me a clip taken from an old movie of Kamal El Shinnawy & Shadia, we have all probably seen this movie, i just don’t happen to remember the name.
Kamal El Shinnawy is a pilot and he’s going to war, guess who was silent actor (كومبارس) in the role of the [...]
Filed under: Egypt, fun | Tagged: actor, Egypt, hosni mubarak, Mubarak, president, silent actor, كمال الشناوى, مبارك, تمثيل, حرب, حسنى مبارك, روتانا, شادية | 2 Comments »
Posted on 23 December, 2007 by charafantah
Anyone remember 2 years ago, when i had a *VERY* shitty day and i started the 100 things i hate about Cairo on my MSN nick?
A few days ago i read on the SM about the: “14 reasons to love Egypt” and his own “10 things i love about Egypt“
Which reminded me, where the hell [...]
Filed under: Cairo, Egypt, fun | Tagged: Cairo, Egypt, hate, love, كراهية, مصر, حب | 2 Comments »
Posted on 23 December, 2007 by charafantah
Egypt, is the mother of the world!
That is the exact translation , stupid eh?
For some reason, this popped into my mind today, and i thought i’d share this with you.
“Masr om el donya” was an expression used by the people from the country side and the south (الفلاحين و الصعيد) long time [...]
Filed under: Cairo, Egypt | Tagged: Egypt, upper egypt, مصر, الفلاحين, الصعيد | 6 Comments »
