*A business trip last week gave me a dear chance to see old friends. I thought it would be exciting to revisit the city I used to live in for years after two-year absence, but in fact I found out that the level of excitement was overestimated. I saw what I used to see, so there was nothing new. In addition I felt missing the intimacy with the streets, objects and people that once developed through the daily life.

*Three separate cases of death of relatives and acquaintances occurred in the last two weeks. The reasons were sudden heart attacks. It is the first time I feel so intensively surrounded by death cases.

*“Frustration” is the best qualification of my feelings towards the historic presidential elections in Egypt. After the dramatic events of last year, did everything come down to this race between hopelessly mediocre candidates?

*The shot was taken from the plain window while flying above the meeting line of the desert and the valley.