Tag Archives: Egypt
This has been an extremely busy week so instead of a blog today, I wish to post a poem instead and the link to a Youtube video I made a few months ago to honor the wonderful and hard working people of Egypt—many of whom are dear and close friends of mine. Click on the title to see the video made using this poem and some of my pictures from Egypt plus some special Egyptian music.
Since 2011 Coca Cola has been sponsoring a university scholarship program for Egyptians and later other Arabic students in North Africa and the Mideast. In 2011 the company successfully partnered with the USA Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and sent ten high school students to attend the Engineering Innovation Summer Program at John Hopkins University’s…..
This is the second blog in a series called EGYPT’S CRUSADE FOR MODERNIZATON. The modern young Egyptians are all pursuing educational skills to be prepared for the modern and global world in which we live. Today’s topic will discuss an organization located not only in Egypt but also in other parts of the Mideast. This is just one of the many wonderful groups whose aim is to improve the professional lives of the citizens in this part of the world……
This is the first blog in hopefully a long series of blogs about current Egypt called EGYPT’S CRUSADE FOR MODERNIZATION. As the world has witnessed since January 2011, Egypt has been experiencing many struggles in its efforts to become a true democratic nation and a future world power. Because of this, the media has concentrated mainly on the revolutions with its numerous protests of which some of them have become violent and have resulted in deaths and injuries of its…..
One of the really exhilarating things for me as an author was the creation of my book covers. 
Some authors may choose to assign this task to the book publisher, but I envisioned the exact front book cover that I wanted for my book about Egypt. My problem is I am not an artist—at least not yet, (but the thought…..
One of my many passions is traveling. As a child, I daydreamed of visiting faraway, exotic places. When I became an adult and a teacher, my husband Bill and I made our first trip to Europe. I carefully planned the itinerary, and we rented a car and spent twenty-one days touring as many countries as we could. That first summer we visited countries like France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, both East and West Germany (at this time), Switzerland, Italy, and Monaco. …..
Living in any foreign country even during a peaceful time can be problematic, but living in one during a major revolutionary period creates an enormously challenging experience with a unique set of obstacles to overcome. I experienced this not once but three times now country of Egypt.
My first exposure to Egypt’s protests was in May 2011. I spent twenty-one days there. The first revolution had just ended a few months before this with the overthrow of…..
Life is a great adventure if you want it to be. All of my life I have been on a continuous and focused journey to discover who I am and who I want to become. This essential quest has not always been an easy one, but it has never been boring or uneventful. At times much confusion and stress existed, but for the most part, I have tried to remain positive and active. As many of my…..
March 29, 201
People sometimes ask me this question: How did you arrive at this title for your book and why is it so long?
Writing my book was relatively easy for me. I completed the original draft in approximately two months and then revised it during the third month. The words came so freely. Naming the chapters was also not difficult. The titles seemed to be the right ones to describe the information in each chapter. However,…..