Faisal’s Tobril

Is it my fault that the only reason I sit at ahwas downtown is because they’re readily accessible to me and my friends and not because of any cultural reason or excuse? Is it my fault that I don’t want to attend all these “really cool” foreign movies that are shown around different Cairene venues […]

Another personal post, my second in a row in fact.
On Wednesday the project I work for officially closes down and on Thursday I am officially out of a job.
Maybe this will mean more time for blogging? At least until I get another job.

I’ve been tagged by N to list “five things you don’t know about me”. I will suppose the you here means my blog readers. Alrighty then. Here goes:

Even though this is a pseudo-political blog, I would much rather discuss AD&D and Fantasy/Sci-Fi than politics.
I am very easily deceived (Batbe3et keteer!).
I always give people the benefit […]

A friend of mine, Yasmine Adel, wrote this and I thought it was definitely worth publishing:
My hand didn’t touch his as I handed him the money.
He thanked me and turned around.
He didn’t notice that I saw him do it.
Saw him kissing the money before putting it into the pocket of his waiter’s shirt.
He thanked the […]

I was tagged by Isabelle of istas to list my 15 favourite things, or so I understood. I don’t usually do tags… but what the hell.
And thus… here they are:

Kissing.
My girl-friend (She might be reading this!)
A good Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novel (AKA The Dune Series).
History books… and books about the Military. (So that’s 2 in 1, er…)
My […]

I had hoped that all my previous posts were enough for those that do not know me to realize that I am quite secular in my social and political views. Having said that, let me make it clear that having a secular view point does not mean you don’t care about religion or, at least, […]