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YOU CAN * buy or sell a canoe * board a horse x sell your car * meet a new friend * find your lost dog *x rent a house «hire a handyman * sell your furnitures * buy a woodstove Read and advertise in our classifieds Phone toll free our “Action Line”: 1-800-663-7671 or 635-7840 NORTHWEST STAR TERRACE — Local stu- dent, Francesca Friry, recently returned from Cairo, Egypt where she stayed with the Chabens, an Egyptian family, fora period of eleven months. ed in strange places and often there would be on- ly enough room in the street for single lane traf- fic. The routes were con- gested with all types of traffic, from cars to camels and donkeys. by Philip Musselman In Egypt the group of exchange students began learning about their new home, First there was the . language barrier, and then there was the learn- ing of the different customs. In Cairo the people are friendly and courteous, unless they are treated poorly, but in some places merchants and other types of people take advantage of new- comers. Although the city is known to be quite dangerous Friry admit- ted that she felt safer walking the streets there, even at night. The people — seemed to care about what happened, more when it came to criminal activities. At one point a lady even asked Friry if her Egyptian friend was bothering her. public seemed to know that tourists were not all being treated well, the people almost felt guilty about the situation; but they also knew that not all tourists are as inno- cent as they seem to be,”’ Friry explained. During the school year, which is only eight months long, Friry and the rest of the student visitors attended public schools, during the first semester, and then had a chance to go the the American University of Cairo for the second semester. The subjects that were taken had to be limited because of the students’ problem with the Egyptian language. In public schools native students were very sheltered and did not ‘receive the freedom that they did in university. . The transition from public to post-secondary education seemed to Friry like a difficult one. In the country there are only two major cities, and several small villages. The population is not well distributed because of the desert. The cities are smaller than Vancouver, but they support much larger populations, City traffic was very confusing for the foreign group and the way that the people drive seemed very dangerous and disorder- ly. Although center lines marked streets, no one payed attention to them; it was every man for himself, Cars were park- kit “The | Shop the sasy way! Call the classiflede Travelling in Cairo is quite inexpensive, cabs charge only a fraction of what they charge in Canada. Most people do not own vehicles, they travel by bus or taxi. The drivers’ quick reflexes make the danger of hav- ing an accident less than that in Canada, cars fre- quently move very fast and swerve to-and-fro to avoid collisions. Of course if a tourist de- cided to do his own driv- ing it would be hard to adapt to what may seem like absolute chaos. When not in school Friry and her new friends visited the pyramids and many historic sites of in- terest. “The pyramids were not far from where I was living; it was only about a ten minute drive,’ Friry said. Dur- ing the day there was a . lot that one could do precisely because everything was so new. “You could be a tourist and visit museums, you “Student visits Cairo could be a native and visit. your favourite - places, or you could just go out of the house with no intentions but learn- ing about new things, and go anywhere.”’ Friry explained that if a visitor from another country was seen trying to learn about the Egyp- tian way of life the peo- ple would treat that per- son with the- utmost respect, The people believe in letting fate take its course, rather than trying to make changes, if you were late for an appointment it was natural. No one was in any particular hurry. People are very con- siderate of other's feel- ings. It is customary to greet each person in a room if you have not seen them in awhile. One greeting to all people in the room is not polite because Egyptian people are really sensitive and like to be noticed. Friry admits having trouble adjusting, but she feels that the whole trip was more than worth while because it was a tremendous learning -ex- perience, ‘‘An ex- perience that will last a lifetime.’’ Francesca Friry of Terrace recently returned from an 11-month stay in Gairo, Egypt. 7~(Spread the good ! ii Terrace Review subscription We'll send it out with a special card from you. It’s a gitt that keeps coming all year long! 6 ~ mt, A wie Name . (J Cheque. Please send a subscription to: Subscription Order Form: O 1 year - $24 C) Money Order . OC 2 years - $45 (O Charge Card: MasterCard 0 Visa 0 ~ as Card # ay, Expiry Date Mail or bring this form to: Address Terrace Review 4535 Greig Ave., Terrace, B.C. Phone Postal Code V8G 1M7 ee. roe Loe ee ee wenabe nw, a. es we ee tu lane ate ote oe oe ae res reunion ai a ca a hee Lk ae Tee a Tee ee we ee ee ee ed - Ps sak aaa aichae aes a oe CON INE PIES OE ill