Blogging continues... kinda 🌸

To whomever may happen upon this blog, I am no longer using this as a medium to share our egypt experiences. You can follow our on-going journey on these platforms:

Youtube: www.youtube.com/TakeEight

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Thank you for your support and interest in our journey 🌸

- Regina Umm Kathir

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Arabic Alphabet Faceless Coloring Book

We all know the task of trying to find coloring books for kids. Just finding something with suitable images and beneficial themes can be a task; add to that, the pursuit for faceless images and the task has now just become daunting! I wanted to find something for my younger girls that could incorporate their Arabic alphabet practice and also some vocabulary words. After realizing google was not going to turn up something right for me, I set off in this pursuit to make a coloring book myself. I’m actually quite proud of it to tell you the truth. I could actually see myself doing this pretty frequently. I would even go as far as to say it was therapeutic.... Well, here goes nothing! Okay, so my target: 1. Faceless animals and insects 2. Incorporating the Arabic letters in the images 3. Translation 4. Diacritics (Vowel marks) 5. High definition images and plenty of space for individual creativity. Here’s a PDF LINK to my colori...

Are you a visitor, visa holder or a violator?

Lol, why am I so tickled by my own title? No, but seriously, that is like the million dollar question. Every single person you meet wants to ask you, some do, but most won’t. Don’t worry, I’ve asked plenty of people myself just to receive painfully ambiguous responses... I might as well have not bothered. I think that’s my number one motivator in being 100 % transparent about my experience here. So much anxiety would have been lifted when making this move if people would have been equally transparent. But hey, what doesn’t kill ya’ makes ya’ stronger, right? Lol Okaaaaay, for beginners... I’m a visa holder, at least now anyway. 😍🙌🏽 (Alhamdulillah) I’m going to tell you how you can accomplish this in one way or another. Back story, we came to Egypt on a decision that was little more than pondered on for three months. Our supplications and determination were our guarantees. Truth be...

The ABC's of Needs and Need to Knows in Finding an Apartment in Egypt?

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. ...

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