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Graduation Project in Spotlight: 7aliha

February 4, 2019January 7, 2019 Dalia Ismail 0 Comments 7aliha, creative, educate, enviroment, garden, gardening, graduation, greenery, home, plants, project, service, showcase, undergrads, university

As students, we all go through school and college years absorbing information, waiting for the moment to give back and

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How To Do a Scholarship Interview like a Boss

October 1, 2018September 11, 2018 Dalia Ismail 0 Comments answer, Cairo Contra, conversation, Dalia Ismail, debate, interview, panic, question, scholarship, stress, talk, topic

Admit it: you are dead nervous about this interview. I sure was. I distinctly remember nervously smiling at my friends’

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Cairo's Couch Corner

Is Mido’s ‘Kersh’ Funny?

June 21, 2018August 16, 2018 Dalia Ismail 1 Comment bodyshaming, bullying, CairoContra, cyberbullying, Dalia Ismail, etisalat, Facebook, funny, hurt, instagram, joke, Mido, sarahah, sarcasm

When it comes to creative joke-making, Egyptians go far beyond the highest rank. Everyone here loves sharing a good joke,

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How To Conquer Exams During Ramadan

May 29, 2018 Dalia Ismail 1 Comment cairo, Contra, dalia, end, energy, exams, family, fasting, final, finals, hub, ismail, of, ramadan, schedule, Season, student, student hub, Study, studying, time, year

You raise both arms in defeat and claim, with a sour face, that exams can’t be survived in Ramadan, especially

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Bibliomane Uncategorized

Cairo’s Bibliomane: When Breath Becomes Air – Between Evanescence and Immortality

August 23, 2017March 23, 2018 Dalia Ismail 0 Comments cairo, Cairo Contra, Cairo's Bibliomane, cancer, Dalia Youssef, death, Evanescence, Halawet El Donia, Immortality, Leukemia, Paul Kalanithi, Shakespeare, time, When Breath Becomes Air

Written by Dalia Ismail All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits

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Cairo’s Bibliomane: The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

June 13, 2017March 23, 2018 Dalia Ismail 0 Comments alain, bibliomane, botton, cairo, Contra, couples, course, dalia, de, enthusiasm, ismail, learn, love, marriage, Novel, of, prestige, reality, relationships, troubles

Written by Dalia Ismail “The course of love never did run smooth(ly)” – William Shakespeare When it comes to issues

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