October 2009
4 posts
Cairo, Egypt
This city is dirty, hazed by smog, hard to deal with, and amazing.
Last night at 1:00 in the morning Ariel, one of her roommates, and me went to the airport to pick up her friend Liz who also came to visit. We decided to dress in the traditional Muslim hijab, or head scarf, because it is much safer to be a Muslim woman in Cairo than simply a woman. Egyptian men are very derogatory towards...
Italian Politics
Its been fascinating studying politics in Rome. The system here, while constitutionally designed similar to the USA, functions very differently. I have been enjoying learning all about it in my classes and I am trying to stay updated with the local politics. Politics plays such a large role in Italian life that it is hard to ignore it, especially when I live next to the Senate and a block away...