Where Am I?
Yesterday I went out to Nasr City to pay a visit to a family friend, Najla, who is the editor of a big magazine here. My friend, Koteiba, was on assignment to shoot some cheese for their cover story ("the dark side of gibna," we called it), and I was hoping to perhaps pick up some freelance copyediting or writing work. Unfortunately no go on the work part. But, Koteiba and I decided to walk over to City Stars, the mythical mega-mall, which was just up the street from CT's office, for some lunch and people watching.
City Stars is massive. I've never been to the Mall of America, but I imagine it being something like this, though maybe with less hijabs and niqabs. There's a Guess? jeans store, Miss Sixty, KFC, Pizza Hut, Cinnabon (mmm....Cinnabon...)...Tiffany & Co. should be opening sometime soon. What really amazed me was how packed the place was on a Monday afternoon. Lunch time crowd is one thing, but where on earth did all these people come from? It's not like Nasr City is centrally located, relative to Cairo proper. I guess a lot of them were Xaleeji tourists (that would explain the niqab fest), but seriously, is this how you'd want to spend your summer vacation? In a mall?
Last night Blake and I stayed in and watched "Rain Main." I'd never seen it before because it just never struck me as something I really wanted to sit down and watch. I felt bad not being more touched by the emotional moments in the film. I just wanted Tom Cruise to accidentally drive off the side of a cliff and stop being such an asshole. Is that so wrong?
City Stars is massive. I've never been to the Mall of America, but I imagine it being something like this, though maybe with less hijabs and niqabs. There's a Guess? jeans store, Miss Sixty, KFC, Pizza Hut, Cinnabon (mmm....Cinnabon...)...Tiffany & Co. should be opening sometime soon. What really amazed me was how packed the place was on a Monday afternoon. Lunch time crowd is one thing, but where on earth did all these people come from? It's not like Nasr City is centrally located, relative to Cairo proper. I guess a lot of them were Xaleeji tourists (that would explain the niqab fest), but seriously, is this how you'd want to spend your summer vacation? In a mall?
Last night Blake and I stayed in and watched "Rain Main." I'd never seen it before because it just never struck me as something I really wanted to sit down and watch. I felt bad not being more touched by the emotional moments in the film. I just wanted Tom Cruise to accidentally drive off the side of a cliff and stop being such an asshole. Is that so wrong?
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