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bsm410
Full name:Binita
Gender:Female
Hometown:Pennsylvania, USA
About me:

In short, I'm going to attempt to record my study abroad experience in Cairo, Egypt.

Languages spoken:English, Spanish, Gujarati (ish), Arabic (learning!- Egyptian colloquial and Modern Standard)
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posted by bsm410
location: Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
February 24, 2009
Cairo Bomb & Mt. Sinai
Cairo Bomb Blast Two nights ago there was a bomb set outside the Hussein Mosque and Khan il-Khalily market in Cairo. Fortunately no one I knew was there, but it was pretty crazy that night with texting everyone I knew to make sure they weren't caught...
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Mt. Sinai from 'Cairo Bomb & Mt. Sinai'
posted by bsm410
February 16, 2009
African Super Cup 2009
A little over a week ago I went to the African Super Cup 2009, Tunisia vs. Egypt. Six American females, two Egyptian males. It was super crowded and the line snaked around for miles it seemed. Little did we know, we were doing our Egyptian friends a fa...
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Picture from 'African Super Cup 2009'
posted by bsm410
location: Cairo, Egypt
February 6, 2009
Las aventuras fi al-Qahira
Last night I took the AUC bus to Zamalek (dorms/area in Cairo) and met up with some of my friends for dinner. Now, don't get me wrong- I love Egyptian food and eat at Omda's every day- but this place had some kick-arse fettecine alfredo! It was a bit s...
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posted by bsm410
February 1, 2009
Name the square root of the millionth particle times seventy cubed...
Every morning I wake up and think, "Hmm, I wonder what ridiculousness they're going to throw at us today..." AUC is beautiful, there's no denying it. I've never seen a campus as stunning as this one and sometimes I can't believe it's real. Unfortunat...
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posted by bsm410
January 27, 2009
First Days at AUC
Hey everyone, Sorry for not posting anything, but I've been sooo incredibly busy! It is currently 8:46am in Cairo and I'm ready for day 2 of orientation. I don't really have time to write my experiences as a travel story or anything, so here's the ba...
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