Tag Archives: Egyptian

Being Of Two Cultures And Belonging To Neither

Posted on January 5, 2014 by julia29

For the first time in my life, I am making a sketch in print of a problem that has been on my mind for quite some time now. It is a problem that I can’t avoid just because of the … Continue reading →

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Peace Lies Not In The External World. It Lies Within One’s Own Soul

Posted on August 20, 2013 by julia29

Since former President Mubarak caved to popular pressure and stepped down from power on February 11, 2011, Egypt has been struggling to define the terms of a new democratic order. After six decades of misrule—beginning with the wholesale nationalization of … Continue reading →

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Take Care Of Your Body. It’s The Only Place You Have To Live.

Posted on February 21, 2013 by julia29

It has been said for ages that cleanliness is next to Godliness, but it is a commentary on human understanding that, as with everything else, we have given a very superficial interpretation to this statement. Through generations of human life, … Continue reading →

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Welcome To Egypt….

Posted on February 16, 2013 by julia29

The general image of Egypt is that of the pyramids, sphinx, temples, and a rather nasty pharaoh.  But, such an image has more to say about Cecil B De Mille’s Hollywood extravaganzas than history.  The sad thing is that a … Continue reading →

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I Love To Be Individual, To Step Beyond Gender

Posted on January 20, 2013 by julia29

In order to understand their relatively enlightened attitudes toward sexual equality, it is important to realise that the Egyptians viewed their universe as a complete duality of male and female. Giving balance and order to all things was the female … Continue reading →

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A Happy Heart

Posted on October 31, 2012 by julia29

When we glance at our teeth in the mirror, most of us are thinking only of our appearance.  Our teeth probably get just a little more than 10 minutes of your attention each day. But, did you know that the … Continue reading →

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The Doctor…. AKA My Dad

Posted on September 6, 2012 by julia29

“Let Food be they medicine, medicine be thy Food”. Words first spoken by the true father of medicine: Imhotep; who inspired the Greeks; Hippocrates the father of “Western Medicine”. If there’s one thing my family knows something about it’s Health … Continue reading →

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