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Hello Beautiful People!

Well, another stretch of time has elapsed since my last post. I have truly stepped into the time paradigm of Cairo and life is as busy as ever. It is hard to describe how it feels timewise to live here and I have tried in previous posts; but essentially one becomes caught up entirely in Cairo. Even if 'nothing' is happening, it is as if everything is happening. My body clock is completely different from England; I go to be late and get up late. I don't go out in the daytime that much but when I do I am always enthralled by the daytime life.

I thought Ramadan would be quiet but I have been running a new course at Diwan, a monologue and short play course privately and also a novel writing workshop as well as my own writing and social situations. I have also been having a rather wild month of satiation.. contrary to the Ramadan situation..

I am now in the process of preparing several new courses to run at Diwan, Darb 1718 and a residential course at Sobek Lodge, Fayoum. And continuing with private students working on their own novels, monologues, plays and other writing.

Arts Residency Cairo is still hosting Marte Kjoell, the dancer. Marte and I make 'affirmations upon the altar' - otherwise recognised as the sofa and so much of what we affirm becomes true. Marte is finally able to practise dance again after a long time healing her foot and so she is shimmying around the studio and kitchen - elhamdulilah :-)

We have been having various 'house pet' situations; the continuation of the ants (which we are OK about), our balcony cat (which we like), a gekko (which we loved but he left us two days ago) and some ughhhhhhh... cockroaches (to whom I wrote a letter requesting them to vacate).

Near future news.... a wonderful, wonderful friend and life coach from England, Susan Vanhinsbergh is due to arrive here next week. So you can expect some details of out of Cairo trips.. maybe even Ethiopia.. Later in the autumn we will be saying hello to several international artists and writers; details to be posted soon.

I have been truly happy to have spent some time these last weeks in the presence of Mamoun Eltlib and Mazin Mustafa; two Sudanese writers of prominence.

Aywa to Cairo, aywa to Life :-))