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My Travel Writing Scholarship 2011 entry - My Big Adventure

WORLDWIDE | Monday, 28 March 2011 | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry

Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world's most ancient and important monuments, including the Giza Pyramids and the Great Sphinx of Giza; the southern city of Luxor contains a particularly large number of ancient artefacts such as the Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings. Today, Egypt is widely regarded as the main political and cultural centre of the Middle East.


Your tour begins with a visit to Salah El Din Citadel. Constructed by Salah El Din on the Moqattam hills in 1183 AD, it was used to defend Cairo from the armies of Crusaders. After that is a visit to Mohamed Ali Alabaster Mosque. It was designed by the architect Yousif Boushnaq, a Turkish man who came especially from Istanbul and built this great mosque for the Egyptian ruler Mohamed Ali.

Through my study to the history for four years I think that you will be exciting to know and see and smell what was going on in the past ,its kind of fascinating just to think what is the soldiers were wear ,when you walk through the ceremonial road ,you can feel how is the kings behave ,Egypt is the country of war and peace ,I guess that the museum of Islamic arts is truly a wonderful reservoir of the Islamic antiquities ,as I mentioned before Egypt is the country of peace and war ,but we could not speak about Egypt without highlight about what happened in el tahirir square the event that shook the world ,so lets make a mix between the past and the present ,maybe the future too, its really one of my big adventure as a girl ,and as a Egyptian
I am sure that you may see what happened through the television channels but its completely different to have the experience in real ,waking from the metro station right to Eltahirir you cant imagine the stores were closed ,you can feel that you are in a lace such as Palestine the solders every where
But on the same level you can feel that you are in Athens when the people can decied ,every time I se to travel to the country side I kept thinking about is the fresh air of my country but because of my bad luck ,I lived without this fresh air until I have been to Eltahrir square ,when you hear the people scram people demand removal of the regime ,you rapidly have a shiver in your back
As its going to be a clash of civilizations
The greatest difficulty I’ve had in my work was facing the challenge posed by areas that need not only material support, but careful thought and planning at an intellectual level. Raising the national level of education and boosting the spirit of innovation in youth are examples of problems that require creativity as well as fundraising. Iam believing that we need to pay more attention to the cultural projects because It is had its effect in increase the sense of arts, beauty, and culture.
What I find most rewarding in my work is the chance to influence the younger generation. I enjoy this primarily because the youth are responsible for the future; and if I can change young people I will be able to change an entire generation.

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