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going to Cairo has made me realise I really appreciate FINISHED buildings with windows and doors and rendering and roofs

actually existing arabic numerals in countries like egypt (١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩) are called ‘indian numerals’ (arqam hindiyya) and look nothing like our ‘arabic’ numerals i did not know this until i had to find my carriage at an egyptian train station very stressful

why is the hug emoji 🫂 the most DEPRESSING emoji it just makes u feel worse

thinking about pope shenouda the third