The city of Cairo is a sprawling metropolis of now eight million inhabitants in its inner core, which has witnessed an Europeanising of its urban fabric some 160 years ago under Pasha Ismael who was inspired by French squares and boulevards after visiting the World Exposition in Paris in 1867. Afterwards, Ismael initiated the construction …
Two years ago, the idea of spending two years on a field research in Kenya seemed overwhelming. Yes, it seemed like forever and it seemed a bit risky. The 6 months prior to traveling to Kenya, Marwa was fully absorbed in preparations. She was planning her research and reading more about a place she never visited …
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Here comes my little brother Dr Moath on a short visit from Oman and it’s time to get busy out and about in Nairobi. Although I have been mostly residing in Nairobi for the past two years, I noticed that my blogs are mostly documenting my trips outside of the city that I call home …
Every life but a minute in time, But each of equal importance. Cindy Cheney Your time is limited, so do not waste it living someone else’s life. Do not be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Steve Jobs Here I am, never did I ever think …
Here is a quick recap on the soon coming to an end summer 🙂 My summer that started in Germany was quite busy and active. A very interesting event that I visited was the University 10th annual Science Nights that aims to showcase various and different scientific disciplines studied and researched by the university different …
Sunday, late at night, Marwa finally returned to her Kenyan home after a wonderful experience in Berlin. Monday morning and just few hours later, she got up and exchanged the winter clothes in her suitcase with summer ones. She was exhausted, yet excited, sleepy but rather spent the night sleepless. As she walked out of …
Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it. (Author unknown) January 2016 was by far the month of adversity to the queen of black soldier flies. Marwa just managed to overcome the loss of some 50 thousand adult flies that were washed away …
I am writing this blog while fighting what seems to be a prolonged episode of a “writer’s block”. It was my intention to post some updates a couple of weeks ago, but the anxiety I have developed recently stopped me from doing so. I spend long hours in the molecular lab extracting DNAs, dissecting insects …