The Islamic year is based on a lunar calendar, so the start of the new year differs from the start of the western calendar year and happens to be today. Happy New Year!
29 December 2008
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Refugee camp in Djibouti
On traveling
"When you travel, you experience, in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. You confront completely new situations, the day passes more slowly, and on most journeys you don't even understand the language the people speak. So you are like a child just out of the womb. You begin to attach much more importance to the things around you because your survival depends on them. You begin to be more accessible to others because they may be able to help you in difficult situations. And you accept any small favor from the gods with great delight, as if it were an episode you would remember for the rest of your life. At the same time, since all things are new, you see only the beauty in them and feel happy to be alive." (Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage)
About me
I'm a southern girl with a little threadbare gypsy soul and a heart for social justice and equality, particularly health, housing and education. I currently live in Cairo, Egypt, where I work in infectious disease research, surveillance, outbreak investigation and capacity building in the region.
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December
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- Happy (Islamic) New Year!
- Top ten humanitarian crises
- Israeli attacks on Gaza
- Merry Christmas!
- My office
- NAMRU-3 Christmas party
- Carvings
- St. Mark's Church
- St. Simon the Tanner Cathedral
- Mokattam
- Christmastime
- Real-life Grey's Anatomy
- Back to Cairo
- Sea level
- Camels
- Grotto of the Betrayal
- Tomb of the Virgin Mary
- Garden of Gethsemane
- Jewish cemetary
- Views from the Mount of Olives
- Augusta Victoria
- Another amazing breakfast
- City walls at night
- King David Hotel
- Crosses
- Ethiopian churches
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Via Dolorosa
- Temple Mount
- Texas
- Market
- "I hear Jerusalem bells aringing"
- Hurva Synagogue
- Cardo
- Old city walls
- Streets of the Old City
- Tower of David
- Jerusalem
- Christ Church Guesthouse
- A little lost
- Madonna and child
- Church of the Annunciation
- Cana
- A modern monk
- Sea of Galilee
- Primacy of St. Peter
- Church of Heptapegon
- Only in Israel
- Capharnaum
- Golan Brewery
- Golan Olive Oil Mill
- Golan Heights Winery
- Ancient Katzrin
- Church of the Beatitudes
- Shavit's Guest House
- Golan Heights
- Dead Sea Spa
- Masada
- Cats, cats and more cats
- Ein Gedi Kibbutz
- Sodom (and Gomorrah)
- Micky D's
- And the driving begins
- Kermit
- Israeli Road Trip 2008
- World AIDS Day
- Weekend in Kigali
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December
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Topics, locations, etc.
- Austria (12)
- Bangladesh (1)
- Construction (5)
- Democratic Republic of Congo (9)
- Djibouti (10)
- Egypt (136)
- Ethiopia (1)
- Genocide (13)
- Ghana (3)
- Habitat for Humanity (1)
- HIV/AIDS (32)
- Israel (56)
- Jordan (3)
- Kenya (17)
- Libya (1)
- Malta (9)
- NAMRU-3 (32)
- On the road (8)
- Refugees (1)
- Revolution (4)
- Rwanda (146)
- RZHRG (18)
- Somalia (2)
- Switzerland (1)
- Tanzania (22)
- The Netherlands (2)
- Uganda (5)
- United States (23)
- Zambia (47)
- Zanzibar (11)
- Zimbabwe (2)
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