Where to Stay in Cairo — A Comprehensive Neighborhood Guide
A comprehensive guide on where to stay in Cairo, with a detailed neighborhood guide and photos.… Read More
The Best Egyptian Arabic Language E-Books to Buy
This post contains affiliate links. I love a wall of language textbooks. They make me feel good, even if I haven’t read them all. In fact, 90% of the books I’ve retained over the years have been language books[1]. On … Read More
Six Tips to Get More out of Your Language Tutors
This post contains affiliate links. If you’ve followed along, we’ve been enjoying using iTalki for our tutoring needs. So far we’ve used it for Korean, French and Egyptian Arabic. Along the way we’ve learned a thing or two about how to … Read More
Things Nobody Tells You About Living in Cairo Part I — Internet, Housing and All-Powerful Doormen
Get a mobile sim. Don’t worry if the apartments look crazy on the outside, they’re fine on the inside. And stay on the doorman’s good side.… Read More
Egyptian Arabic, Day 1: Awkward Beginnings
This is our day 1 video of our project to learn Egyptian Arabic in 60 days.… Read More
Learn Egyptian Arabic for Free with These Super Useful Resources
Awesome free resources for learning Egyptian Arabic, including a dictionary, idioms and learning with music.… Read More
Why Learn the Egyptian Arabic Dialect?
If you’re going to learn Arabic, learn a dialect. And that dialect should be Egyptian Arabic.… Read More
Incredibly Useful Chinese Idioms (That People Actually Use)
Incredibly useful Chinese idioms to learn that you have to know to be able to speak to people. These are idioms you’ll hear in everyday life.… Read More
A Guide to Kiswahili (Swahili) — facts, key phrases and the alphabet
A resource page for learning Swahili. Discover which Swahili words we use in English and other facts about the language, including key phrases like “Hello” and “How are you?”
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The Best Adventure Travel Camera (Compact): Sony RX10
After a lot of research, testing and use, we’ve concluded that the Sony RX10 (ideally III or IV) is the best adventure camera for photographers like us who want every feature of a larger SLR without any lens switching. Many … Read More