Sitting by the Nile

Greetings from Misr!

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April 18th 2009
I am now one month into my global exchange program so I thought that I would update you on what life has been like for me since I left. We first arrived in our host community - Assiut - in the early hours of the morning therefore due to security reasons we received a police escort to our accommodation for the evening. The streets were quiet as we all looked around trying to get our bearings of ou ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more