Philip is now safely home with his family. I would imagine that this in part a result of all the organized demonstrations for his release within Chicago, New York, Cairo, and elsewhere. Hopefully this is the end of this situation for him, but of course we will have to wait and see.
Otherwise I only have minor things to report on. I've been speaking to some of my professors and are making some arrangements with them so that my coursework is more personally relevant. I also received news from Fulbright that they will be sending me to Jordan in May for a few days as part of a regional cross cultural seminar. So that's exciting right? Oh yeah, and Fulbright will also be taking me on a trip with the other grantees to Siwa, Egypt sometime in March. I'm really excited about that one as it contains all sorts of crazy stuff like the 'great sand sea,' not to mention that the region is really different from the rest of Egypt. The people are more Berber than Arab, and therefore so is the language, clothing, culture etc. It will definitely be something new!
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