Even after all this time, I still remember the day the General Secondary Certificate results were announced. I went to my school alone that day. I wasn’t afraid but rather expectant. Everyone was present – teachers, classmates, and
Do you remember when we used to rush back from school to see what our mothers had cooked, whether it was stuffed vegetables or koshari with liver, and then we'd play Monopoly, or go to our rooms to play Amr Diab's new tape? When his tapes were
After a marathon flight, from Cairo Airport to Incheon Airport, between the joy of flying, and the anxiety of waiting and staring at the screens of the travel gates, I thought after we left in that spring weather that we were heading to the hotel, but my
I’ve always heard this term a “reader’s block” and” a writer’s block”. As a reader, I was able to understand what it means to be unable to read a book you’ve already started or another you bought
Once again, she knocked my door with a heavy heart and wet eyes. “It’s me and my voluntarily deeds again,” she said to me as soon as she saw my face. I know I have a friend who is always misunderstood for his kindness and self-denial.
On 14 July 1967, my platoon of the Sa’ka (Egyptian Commando Forces) was positioned west of the Suez Canal, approximately one and a half kilometers behind El Ferdan Bridge. Throughout the previous night and the entire day, we had been deepening our trenches in anticipation of an enemy attack. A tank was positioned several meters behind my location, while a minefield lay directly in front of
