Mafeesh Fakka

Okay, the first question I asked when we finally decided we were going to come to Egypt is. Where are we going to live and how do we find a house 5,000 miles away? Needs:  1. You NEED to be here to find an apartment.  But fortunately enough for you, this need comes with some options. You can wait until you get here and do it yourself or you can have someone who is here do it for you.        Listen, searching for an apartment from another country is a problem waiting to happen. You can encounter innumerable scams, lies, deception, and severe overpricing.  What you can do before you arrive : A: Make  arrangements for a HOTEL STAY  or house share with a friend while you're searching if you are in the country.  House sharing is the cheapest option. Depending on your family size and relationship with the person, it may be better to just take accommodation in the cheapest hotel for a week or two.  Hotel stays can range from 250 EGP a night to more than 1,00

Sun and Moon Letter Banner Today, we created this beautiful sun and moon letter banner. Artwork by LN (5 years) and ZN (6 years). If you like this project and would like to do it yourself, there will be a link in the description of the video. The directions are included in the PDF file, as well as some pictures. This project will compliment any classroom. Give it a try and let me know what you think👍🏽 Sun and Moon Letter Banner  Some important work and prior knowledge that preceded this project: 1. Memorizing the Arabic alphabet (letter names and phonetic sounds) 2. Learning the pronunciation of Fatha, Kasrah, and Dhomma 3. Memorizing/writing the vocabulary for lessons 1-3 of the Madinah Arabic Reader series. 4. Learning the difference between a word with tanween and a word with Alif Lam. 5. Learning the translation of Alif Lam (ال) as “the” 6. Learning the translation of tanween ( ٌ     ً     ٍ  ) as “a” or “an” 7. Memorizing the “Sun Letters” ( ت ث د ذ ر ز س

The Braiding Shop:  This is a braiding shop I just happened upon while having something made by a neighboring carpenter. No, there aren't any Egyptians in there doing this wonder weaving. They’re Africans and they legit looked like they snatch, and I mean snatch those edges. it looks like any shop you would find in the hood. I was completely surprised... I don’t know why for whatever reason I feel that by coming to Egypt I have fallen off of the earth or something and these things won’t be here... perhaps because I see so few black people or maybe it’s because weaving is haram. Something inside reads “Taboo... tisk, tisk, not here”. But it’s here, alright... in color and varying lengths, they do it all. But it was in the tuck guys. I went into an area that doesn’t even show up on google maps, just to go to this carpenter when I saw this place. No one is just going to find this. Even if I wanted to send you there, so you could get hooked up with some Iverson plats (yes the b