What a day!

After my second night in Cairo I already experienced a day packed with experiences and stories. For example, there is the story of me continuing my search or a good map of Cairo - and repeated failure. There are Marwan, Jakob and the Molsem who studies the 'Holy Bible' whom I met in the street and who, in contrast to the many others, did not want to sell me anything. In fact, Marwan helped me to finally get my Egyptian SIM-card! Then, there is the story of the tension in the air and the ongoing protest. It's Friday and one could hear the prayers everyhere. Blocks around the American University, that also include other official buildings, have been massively barricaded and guarded with armored vehicles - probably in fear of new protests in response to that strange inflammatory movie... (Therefore, I did not find the bookshop of the AUC.) And indeed there were some protests at the wall of the grphitties, but I couldn't tell abut what. And then there is the story of music in Cairo, which is probably the most interesting one. At a "Masterpeace" street art festival, I listened to something like American protest songs, Egyptian Metal, and a contemporary band that was inspired by classical Egyptian music and witnessed the crowd go wild. (Many were young Egyptian ladies.) And at night, I joined an acquaintance and her friends going to the "Cairo Jazz Club" which was playing electonic remixes of 'Western' pop songs. Behind eah of these tags, there is a story I am too tired to tell right now. I feel, I made the most of today! Good night!