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16 July 2008

You look so un-Egyptian

when you don't know that doors push open into buildings; they don't pull open. 6 weeks ago, Nabil and I would've thought that RadioShack was closed in the mid-afternoon if a worker hadn't graciously opened the door (by pulling it from the inside) for us. We had no luck pulling it open and couldn't figure out what was different about this RadioShack. It was probably the first store I visited in Egypt.

The way doors open: something you take for granted until it changes and you look foolish in another country.

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