sunset over tahrihr square

most days i hate find it challenging to be in egypt. i find it terribly difficult.

so why oh why why why do i stay?

it's all about the "melting moment".
egypt, no matter how much you hate it, always manages to find the perfect time, your melting moment, to charm you.. she never fails with her graceful timing.

example. a month ago, shoving through the hoards of people in tahrihr square, having just had my visa denied, lost my new scarf, been groped by a man on the metro, and down to my last 20 pounds, i was spent. done. i was packing my suitcase in my head. then i glance up, and there it was...

HOW does she do it?!