The long anticipated week came. Everything we’ve done and endlessly talked about led up to this moment: when Yassine finally met the family, and more importantly,…
Author: Lenah Hassaballah
Lenah Hassaballah
Lenah’s friends would describe her as easy going, chill and a straight shooter: she says it like it is. She adores her huge, loud and proud Egyptian family, including of course the latest addition; her wonderful fiancé who has somehow managed to fit his way into the crazy bunch. Her dream is to become a foreign correspondent, taking her baby along with her (that is her Sony VG-10 camera). She has a weak spot for greasy American food, witty humor, and sad romance movies.
Note: I feel like I’m writing a lot of these notes! Anyway, THIS post is going to be a surprise for my dad, because he…
In the first part of Lenah’s story about breaking her relationship with Yassine to her parents, she finally confesses the details to her mother, whose reaction…
Note: Hey, everyone! Just letting you guys know I’m writing this post from Lyon, France! I’m here with my parents visiting Yassine’s SUPER French grandma and…
The past couple of years, Egyptians have faced a hard time. But the thing with Egyptians is that no matter how hard things might be, and…
In Part One, Lenah’s grandpa schemes to send her and her cousin Sarah to meet Yassine in Paris. They arrive in the city of romance, and…
I’m known to be a big mouth, meaning if anything significant happens in my life, I have to let every single person I’ve met know about…
This week, we asked people what their favorite food is and we got an array of answers: some interesting, some cool and some SO Egyptian. Take…
Imagine this: You know in those cheesy romance movies when they put a chick flick song in the background, and do a split screen with the…
Of course, this doesn’t even cover a quarter of what it’s like to be Egyptian, but we tried to cover a few things. Definitely expect some…