“What happened to you?” “I beg your pardon!” “You were a loyal supporter of … political party.” Oh no, not again! You never were even a supporter let alone a ‘loyal’ one!... Read more »
My cell rings late into the night while watching some action film. No one I know calls at that time of the night. I don’t know the number calling. Having expected too... Read more »
A few days back I was having this chat with a relative of mine about the virus problem which seems to be redefining everything. The strictly religious soul she was, she told... Read more »
The minute you live home in the morning you pray that you’ll be hearing only good news. There is so much bad news making the rounds that for once you pray for... Read more »
“…all means available!” Really! That was threat out of Cairo, to use “…all means available,” to protect the interests of its people, made no sooner than the US Treasury Department (The what!)... Read more »
The last time there was a revolution around here one reason was the hike of a few cents in petrol prices. The cabbies were up in arms. No wonder if some find... Read more »
“Cool down; it’s alright!” a couple of people were trying to calm a lady probably in her late thirties. She was arguing with a fellow about a decade her senior. None of... Read more »
There is a breed which, while it should have joined the dinosaurs, is still alive and kicking, and kicking hard too. That breed which enjoys belittling everything local, from good old injera... Read more »
God forbid; but say you are on the operating table. Just think of the surgeon whom is to cut and then stich you up hates his work. He had been going into... Read more »
Two occasions that found me in restaurants these past few days; both times for a bite or two with friends back home for a few weeks’ vacations from a country where the... Read more »