Begin the begin
In 12 hours, my plane takes off. I'm going to Lebanon first for a couple months - long story, which I'll tell when I'm not in a rush to get out of here - then Egypt for 1-2 years, to do my dissertation. This is a qualitatively different thing than the other two times I've been in the region. It's longer for one thing - I'll really be living there this time. I already stored or sold my worldly possessions, and I moved out of my apartment. Cairo will be as much 'home' as anywhere is right now.
It all feels more serious somehow, not least because once I get to Egypt, I need to start, you know, doing a dissertation. A pretty ambitious one (I just passed the prospectus defense on Wednesday).
I still, of course, plan on it being an adventure.
- homais, Philadelphia, PA
It all feels more serious somehow, not least because once I get to Egypt, I need to start, you know, doing a dissertation. A pretty ambitious one (I just passed the prospectus defense on Wednesday).
I still, of course, plan on it being an adventure.
- homais, Philadelphia, PA