I was in the medina trying on djellabas. The shopkeeper was trying to convince me to buy one he had to offer. Merchant (to me): "Your husband would give 10 camels for you, NOW he would give 20 camels for your hand.
Excellent.
My tongue-in-cheek account of the expat life in Cairo, Egypt
5 comments:
Please tell me what "djellabas" is. You're wonderful enough already but I hope you bought whatever it was that made you twice as wonderful!
20 Camels! I think he may have been exaggerating. I mean even the best wife is only worth 15!
Ha, you laugh but my friend was on a mission trip in India and a man offered one of the guys in her group camels, goat and other forms of livestock for her hand... what an interesting practice for Summit to adapt... :)
So how's the guy like his camels and goats?
amazing stories emily...i'm lovin' it! you are amazing.
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