Nothing really happened on Monday. Class happened and then everyone's frantic reading of The Yacoubian Building and the usual trips to Munch and Bagel and Metro and the Fallafel man.
Today entailed an excellent trip to Bab Zweila. For you non-arabic speakers that just means the door of the Zweila (which was apparently a fearsome troop of Berber warriors or something like that, coolio). So it was this really cool looking giant gate, but, more impressive was the attached mosque and the view from its minarets. It felt like being on top of the world/these were the most terrifying, you will probably die stairs I've ever seen. Lighting was non existent in areas and handrails?, what handrails? It was completely worth it for the view though.
Also, we had a discussion about The Yacoubian Building inside the mosque. I had to use the WC and there didn't happen to be one in this particular mosque so I set out to find one in the back streets. I ended up wandering around for about twenty minutes in the most non-touristy of places asking, "Fayn al-Hamam?" and being given directions that would eventually lead to a closed down location or something complicated enough to get me lost. It all worked out eventually though, and a little boy claimed I was his best friend.
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