At the Giza Plateau
Inside the Mohamed Ali Mosque
The beautiful panoramic view from Mojito
A morning in Coptic CairoBackpacker Concierge sent a follow-up email to Sabine after her trip for feedback, this is an excerpt of her response:
This is going to be a much longer feedback, than you might expected, sorry, but i have to tell you, what happened in [a] taxi ! The driver got a phone call, was very excited and obviously very happy afterwards. He immediately told me, why: His wife Fatma had just born a baby, a son. He made and received another phone call and then turned to me and said: "Name my baby, please !" Of course, i was very surprised and told him, that i couldn´t. But, he insisted, told me his name Mohammed and asked me to find any other boys name, that would fit. He asked for my name and nationality and really insisted. "Name my boy, please !" I thought of any arabic boys names, i ever heard of and remembered the name "Sayed or Said" and suggested this name, however it might be written or pronounced properly. The taxi-driver understood, which name i meant, told me, that it would be a very good name and Sayed/Said Mohammed would sound really good. The name was chosen in that very moment. He made another 2 phone calls, in which he told first somebody and then second his wife Fatma, that a german woman called Sabine, who´s just sitting in his taxi, had suggested this name and so it would be. The boy is now named Sayed/Said, wow ! I had to write my name and the shortly chosen name of his son onto the bill of money, i paid the taxi with and he told me, that he would keep this banknote, because it would bring good luck to his son. Incredible !!! This is my personal 1001-nights-story of Egypt !
Check out Sabine's blog here:
http://www.umdiewelt.de/Afrika/Nordafrika-und-Sahara/Aegypten/Reisebericht-4541/Kapitel-1.html
No comments:
Post a Comment