Cairo Tales

I've lived in Cairo for almost four years. It seems incredible to me that this much time has passed. Sometimes, when I'm going about...

I'm into my fourth year in Cairo. Like most Cairo residents, including Egyptians, I have a love/hate relationship with the city. It is c...

Hello, dear blog readers. It's already halfway through the year and I haven't posted a single blog with any news, other than the fac...

I wrote this article about time a while ago, but never put it on my blog because I hoped it would be published somewhere else. It never was,...

It rained in Cairo a couple of weeks ago; real, proper rain that lasted for hours and caused complete chaos across the city. This happens so...

Me My name is Mishmish. I’m a cat. I thought I’d get that out of the way early on. This isn’t one of those stories where you find out ...

This is the story of the first time I was sexually harassed. It was 37 years ago, when I was 15. Like most 15 year old girls, I wanted my ...