Hello, Today I have returned to Rio and I'm with Ahmed.
Hello!
Today is the first time I speak Arabic in person... not in Skype
Speak with me... in front of me.
With someone in front of me, OK, and we are in the district of "Lapa"
It's in the center of Rio de Janeiro
Fantastic, OK... Why you are here in Brazil?
I'm here trying to find a job
I was in Egypt for 3 years working in an American high school there
and after the 3 years I decided to travel abroad and see different parts of the world and I decided to come to Brazil
to see a new country and meet new people and I'm here now trying to find a job.
OK! On Sunday you will go Bahia?
I will travel to "Bahia" by bus and it will take .....
How many hours by bus?
4... 25 Hours
Wow OK, In January I'll be in Egypt for 2 months and I know I will be in Cairo. What should I say first? See first?
First of all look at the Pyramids.
But can I see the pyramids from the city?
Well, in Cairo there is the Nile and in the other side of Nile there is Giza..
but all are the same and we say "Cairo" for everything.. but the Pyramids are in Giza.
Where will you live in Cairo...?
There are millions of areas like here in Rio we have many areas like (Leblon, Ipanema, Lapa, Tijuca) Do you where you will be living?
Actually now I don't know.
But I want to stay 2 weeks in Cairo and in Alexandria...
Maybe one month..
You want 1 month in Alexandria?
Aha, The day before yesterday we spoke in English and you told me about the white desert... and what was the name in Arabic?
Right in Arabic, There is white and black desert..
The black one is small; the white is really large but the view is very good and you will not believe there is something like that in Egypt
there is a city called "Baharia" and you can take a car from Alexandria because it's 4 hours driving from Cairo.
But wouldn't it be good to travel via the Nile in a boat?
No not so great, but if you want to take a boat you have to visit Luxor and Aswan and you have to go there.
And see old Egypt... Egypt was "om eldonia" from along time and till now they say "masr om eldonia". Do you understand?
I don't understand "om eldonia" ?
"Om eldonia" in English means the world
and "om" you know it, "Egypt, Mother of the world".
They said your life begins in Egypt so it must ends in Egypt.
There are million of things in Egypt like the red sea, the Mediterranean, Sinai and the mountain.
You know prophet Moses who went up the mountain and spoke to God? That happened in Sinai...
So you have many things to do in Egypt but the best thing is the Egyptian people.
The people? I travel because I like speaking with New people and that's why I'm learning Arabic..
When visiting Egypt, make sure to drink coffee, play chess and backgammon, smoke "Shisha" and finally interact with people that way.
But, are there any problems? At the start of year you told me about the issues with internet and your dad at the airport... Can you tell me about January?
The month of January is the revolution of 25 Jan. We have celebrations because of overthrowing Mubarak and his Government, which put so much pressure on people
As you would have seen on TV, on January 28th the Army came out to the streets to control the riots
and on the same day, they cut the Internet, Facebook and mobile coverage to stop people connecting and gathering
They cut the Internet and mobiles for 1 or 2 weeks and they connected them again after that.
But now there is no problem we have a new president. Some people accept him, some don't, and this is democracy..
and he has the time to develop the country .. And you are foreigner from outside Egypt.
Egyptians love tourists because they know very well that they come to Egypt to see the culture, and the Egyptian Environment.
and they know very well that this brings money to Egypt... they don't need anything from foreigners
not like in the past but also you have to take care of yourself. There are no problems but you have to open your eyes well
I'm reading the Egyptian Newspaper on the Internet and I know all news in Egypt and I talk with my family in Egypt..
No one is happy about the government but this is the first time they A lot of people are living a hard life
and 40% of Egyptians don't have the money
to get food, to read and study and they don't have what they need to do anything and you will see that with yourself
but here in Brazil and Rio the people are good, laughing and talking each other...You will like Egypt....
This video has been good and thanks for your time and...
You speak very good bit by bit day after day
Bit by bit I've been speaking Arabic for 2 months now
Wow very good it's hard like Portuguese
All languages are hard! OK, thanks and goodbye!
Good bye!