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Touba offered a peaceful contrast to the rhythm of city life, with its deep sense of faith and community woven into everyday moments. Visiting the city allowed me to experience a side of Senegal that felt both grounded and welcoming.
Some places aren’t just destinations—they’re revelations. Touba, Senegal, was one of those places for me. From the moment I stepped into this sacred city, I felt something shift. Maybe it was the way the call to prayer echoed through the streets, or how strangers smiled at me like I was already part of their story. Touba is more than a city—it’s a living expression of faith, community, and tradition. What I found here went far beyond what any guidebook could prepare me for.
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- Category: Northern Africa
Cairo greeted me with the same intensity I remembered—alive with history, movement, and meaning. Returning after 24 years, I stepped back into a city that shaped my youth and found it as captivating and multilayered as ever.
Cairo is a living museum—a sprawling metropolis where millennia-old monuments stand alongside modern high-rises, where the call to prayer echoes over honking traffic, and where every corner tells a story. My first encounter with this mesmerizing city was in 1993, when I spent a summer working at the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) as a university student. That experience left an indelible mark, and though it took me 24 years to return, stepping back into Cairo’s vibrant streets felt like reconnecting with an old friend.
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- Category: Southern Africa
Cape Town, colloquially known as South Africa's Mother City, is the country's legislative capital and the main city of the Western Cape province. I first visited Cape Town in 2010, just after the FIFA World Cup. I still have the emblematic vuvuzela plastic monotone horn, which became part of the world's lexicon during the World Cup that year.
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I had planned a two-night stop-over in Johannesburg, South Africa, before Amaria and I headed on to our self-drive adventure in Namibia. It was our second time in Johannesburg. We had already experienced driving to Soweto, sampled the vibrant life there, as well as visited Pretoria the last time; so the idea this time was to explore more of Johannesburg itself.
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The Republic of Namibia is situated in the south-western part of the African continent. Positioned along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, it’s bordered by the Republic of South Africa to the south, by both Angola and Zambia to the north, and Botswana to the east.
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