Saturday, 27 December 2014

No.2 Cairo, Egypt, in December 2001

          Despite well-intentioned advice against my travelling plan, I went alone to Cairo in the year of 911. But then of course, I had a personal local guide with me all along except on the last day, who was a pen-friend of one of my colleagues at that time.
          I made lots of video recordings, but then Youtube is a pretty new thing and then all my files are in the format of mpeg, which meant that I couldn't share the videos with the public. It wasn't until today that I found a free on-line converter to do the job of changing the mpeg files into wmv files, which makes uploading possible. So far I've uploaded twelve files as follows. Type 'Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001' and you will find all the uploaded files in Youtube. Or you may choose any of the following titles that interest(s) you.
A. My first day in Cairo
     1. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 – Taxi Driver
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZYh-Nx9t8c

B. Art, and Museums
    1. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 – Art 1
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLQnzYfJdLI
     2.Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 – Art 2
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGWGyCvqhY4
     3. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 – Carpets
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rETOiket0dk

C. Tourist Attractions
      (Coming soon)

D. Students
     1. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 – Students – Teenage Boys and Girls
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziQ0StS7hEY&feature=youtu.be
      2. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 - Students Go to School
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h54bZ_aqnKU&feature=youtu.be
      3. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 - Students - Kids in a Park
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx5eI0JuUXU&feature=youtu.be

E. Arabic and Learning
    1. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 – the Arabic language
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sT8fvFMLhM

F. Daily life
    1.  Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 - Women's Status
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0Rwpgj6CdA&feature=youtu.be

G. Restaurants and Hotel
     (Coming soon)

 H. People
      1. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 – Little Girls
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVnbAk7lqwg
      2. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 – A Hotel Receptionist on Cultural Activities
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWOTdlD6WSQ
      3. Cairo, Egypt, in Dec 2001 - People - Two Ladies
         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKnMELjNjY8&feature=youtu.be
         
 A friend said the videos are a bit boring and suggested that I should edit them by using Movie Maker. But I've no time for that now. Plus they are the original raw material like historical recordings, which may be even better without any 'cosmetics'.  



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