AlArabiya 2025-09-28T22:23:31Z
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Sweat trickled down my neck in Cairo's Khan el-Khalili bazaar, merchants' rapid-fire Arabic swirling around me like smoke from hookah pipes. I stood frozen before a spice stall, my phrasebook crumpled in damp hands. "Lau samaht..." I stammered, butchering the pronunciation for "please." The vendor's polite smile tightened at the edges. That familiar cocktail of shame and frustration rose in my throat - five years of on-and-off study evaporating in Cairo's midday heat. Back at the hostel, I nearl
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