For the last month, as well as all of my time in Egypt last year, I enjoyed living in Maadi. It’s a beautiful part of Cairo that is very westernized. I have always known that the way we live in Maadi is not how most Egyptians live, and while I have seen glimpses of real Egyptian life, it is not until now that I have actually experienced it first hand. The village of Amshool is “real” Egypt, which is to say, “rural” Egypt. The roads are dirt paths that wind between houses. They are wide enough for walkers and bicycles and the occasional wide donkey load, but rarely wide enough for cars. Everywhere we go we encounter donkeys, goats, sheep, roosters and the occasional water buffalo. Our walk around the village last evening, first to church
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