Tonight we went to a show in downtown Cairo to see the Whirling Dervishes, which is a form of Muslim Sufi mysticism. "The Whirling Dervishes trace their origin to the 13th century Ottoman Empire. The Dervishes, also known as the Mevlevi Order, are Sufis, a spiritual offshoot of Islam."We had learned all about them in our World Religions class fall semester so I know April, Grace, and I were pretty excited. It was absolutely amazing to watch and I was so impressed. I don't even think pictures do it justice.
After the show, Diana, Ruthie, Sonja, Alyssa, Cynthia, and I headed over to Goals for some late night food before Cynthia left us for the weekend. We enjoyed some food and juice and shisha and met up with Ziko and Omar. After saying goodbye to Cynthia, of course Ziko and Omar didn't want to stay in one place for very long so we went to this beautiful look out point in Muquttam. There you could see all of the city and the lights, it was so pretty. But apparently women don't go there very often so the boys were very protective of us. We managed to take some fun pictures, eat some corn and take in the view nonetheless. Great night!
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