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........*English Club & Outing*....... *2* Events in *1* ! *Thu, Jan 1* *1- English Club* *The Power of Visual Thinking* Part *2* 💵 *Price* : 150 EGP + a drink 🥤 ⏰️ Time: at 6:00 PM 🏢 *Where* : Edu Hub Academy, 45 Al-Nasr Street – Algeria Square – Maadi (Above El-Ezaby Pharmacy – First Floor – Apartment 102) 📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=29.974129,31.275925 🚇 Nearest metro: El-Maadi Station .................................... *2-Hangout & Game Night!*🎮 Level 9 Cafe at *8:30 PM* PlayStation& billiards 20 Street 9, Sakanat, El Maadi, Cairo Governorate 11728 📍https://maps.app.goo.gl/6dZL1bY397kxeHTB9 *Booking* via InstaPay: 01003052773 don’t forget to join our English Club WhatsApp group! https://chat.whatsapp.com/IgjHciHXPZpK1Vh3VtH7XY

........*English Club & Outing*....... *2* Events in *1* ! *Thu, Jan 1* *1- English Club* *The Power of Visual Thinking* Part *2* 💵 *Price* : 150 EGP + a drink 🥤 ⏰️ Time: at 6:00 PM 🏢 *Where* : Edu Hub Academy, 45 Al-Nasr Street – Algeria Square – Maadi (Above El-Ezaby Pharmacy – First Floor – Apartment 102) 📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=29.974129,31.275925 🚇 Nearest metro: El-Maadi Station .................................... *2-Hangout & Game Night!*🎮 Level 9 Cafe at *8:30 PM* PlayStation& billiards 20 Street 9, Sakanat, El Maadi, Cairo Governorate 11728 📍https://maps.app.goo.gl/6dZL1bY397kxeHTB9 *Booking* via InstaPay: 01003052773 don’t forget to join our English Club WhatsApp group! https://chat.whatsapp.com/IgjHciHXPZpK1Vh3VtH7XY

........*English Club & Outing*....... *2* Events in *1* ! *Thu, Jan 1* *1- English Club* *The Power of Visual Thinking* Part *2* 💵 *Price* : 150 EGP + a drink 🥤 ⏰️ Time: at 6:00 PM 🏢 *Where* : Edu Hub Academy, 45 Al-Nasr Street – Algeria Square – Maadi (Above El-Ezaby Pharmacy – First Floor – Apartment 102) 📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=29.974129,31.275925 🚇 Nearest metro: El-Maadi Station .................................... *2-Hangout & Game Night!*🎮 Level 9 Cafe at *8:30 PM* PlayStation& billiards 20 Street 9, Sakanat, El Maadi, Cairo Governorate 11728 📍https://maps.app.goo.gl/6dZL1bY397kxeHTB9 *Booking* via InstaPay: 01003052773 don’t forget to join our English Club WhatsApp group! https://chat.whatsapp.com/IgjHciHXPZpK1Vh3VtH7XY

........*English Club & Outing*....... *2* Events in *1* ! *Thu, Jan 1* *1- English Club* *The Power of Visual Thinking* Part *2* 💵 *Price* : 150 EGP + a drink 🥤 ⏰️ Time: at 6:00 PM 🏢 *Where* : Edu Hub Academy, 45 Al-Nasr Street – Algeria Square – Maadi (Above El-Ezaby Pharmacy – First Floor – Apartment 102) 📍 Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/?q=29.974129,31.275925 🚇 Nearest metro: El-Maadi Station .................................... *2-Hangout & Game Night!*🎮 Level 9 Cafe at *8:30 PM* PlayStation& billiards 20 Street 9, Sakanat, El Maadi, Cairo Governorate 11728 📍https://maps.app.goo.gl/6dZL1bY397kxeHTB9 *Booking* via InstaPay: 01003052773 don’t forget to join our English Club WhatsApp group! https://chat.whatsapp.com/IgjHciHXPZpK1Vh3VtH7XY

Full day event Fee 500 egp For more details join our whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/KTo8YmYDuLj7uEe4slwMq3 The itinerary will start with gathering at the meeting point @ 6:30 am until 8 pm Once everyone arrives, we’ll board the buses, say a short travel prayer, and begin our journey. - Our first stop will be the camp, where We’ll relax and enjoy a nice breakfast including fresh feteer, honey, and cheese, along with tea.(paid separately) After breakfast, we’ll head to Wadi El Rayan Protected Area. - There, we’ll spend some time at the waterfalls cafeteria, take photos next to the waterfalls, and enjoy the view up close. - Next, we’ll move to the lake, where we’ll take a felucca ride. -Back to the camp.Once we finish our time inside the reserve, we’ll return to the camp. The camp includes many activities. One of the main activities at the camp will be the campfire gathering. We’ll light a campfire, sit around it, sing together, and play drums. - After that, we’ll enjoy a beautiful fire show. There are also other optional activities available at the camp with extra fees, such as horse riding, safari tours with 4x4 vehicles, and beach buggy rides. Then we’ll move on to lunch (paid separately), which will be a simple and tasty meal, for - After lunch, we’ll play different boarf games and organize small competitions. - We’ll also have an interactive comedy show, which is a light satirical comedy segment where participants share funny situations they’ve experienced, and we present them in a respectful and entertaining way.

🌿**Enjoy the Peaceful Charm of Countryside just 1.5hr from the city**🌿 Get ready for an adventure combines the charm of authentic Egyptian countryside with the grandeur of ancient Egyptian civilization! 🤩✨**Dahshur Countryside 2x1 Daytrip**🤩✨ 🌴 Picture this: surrounded by lush palm trees and captivating natural scenery, it’s the perfect gateway to unwind and refresh. Just imagine savoring freshly-made traditional food, sipping tea, and enjoying the irresistible smell of bread baking right on the spot! 🛕 Discover the stories and secrets behind some of the oldest and most beautiful pyramids in Egypt (Red, Bent and Black pyramids) through a unique guided tour**✨️** **The trip includes:** ✅ Camping in countryside ✅ A chance to recharge your energy, ✅ Let go of negativity ✅ Meet new people, ✅ So you can start your day full of life and positive vibes! **֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍** 💰 **Cost Just 900EGP includes:** **(1400 for Non - Egyptians)** 👌 Transportation 👌 Farm day use ticket 👌Pyramids entrance tickets 👌 Breakfast 👌 Tea or Coffee 👌 Lemon juice 💰 Optional: For Dinner meal, extra 300EGP is added **֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍** **Reservation, Refund and Cancellation:** • For reservation & information contact us on WhatsApp 01080430150 or [https://wa.me/message/Q56QKHVGY7HVN1](https://wa.me/message/Q56QKHVGY7HVN1?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2uBPK-w9UCxP2qDLGcK3axtubfXEHPy0K1sLQkzZdl36dSmzIHdbziEXA_aem_AeBi2fDWdQssdQcDD-bgQpxA8vq_u_EhLea3rD_CPIBIxOnoJXYCyHa04eCnn9E9AZltEFbxKNeJ6df5gy9LaAay) ✅ **Payment through** Instapay wallet or Vodafone cash **on: 01080430150** • **For 100% refund**, please cancel **7days** before event, & **50%** for **5days** where No refund for **3days** cancellation 🚀**Early booking** till a week before the trip: **900EGP** ♥️Regular booking till 2 days before the trip: 1000EGP 🏃‍♂️ Last minute till the day of trip: EGP 1100EGP Optional: If you come by car 700EGP • Deposit: at least 50% three days before the trip • Ask for promo code, if you are **7 travelers or more** 🤩 **֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍** **Necessary things to bring with you:✨️** ✅ Id or passport ✅power bank or charger ✅Debit card and Cash money ✅Slipper or Sandals or Sneakers ✅Two bags (backpack + bag) ■ Warm clothes (it is cool in the evening) **♥️ Please list any missing items 😹** **֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍** **Important Notes to keep:** • Transportation using Hiace Toyota or private car • Road trip = 1 to 1.5 hours from Cairo to Dahshour • The program is to be slightly change **֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍֍** **Social media channels:** ✨ Find us on Instagram: [@Greencampegypt](https://www.instagram.com/greencampegypt/) ✨ Event group link: [Whatsapp events group link](https://chat.whatsapp.com/JEuBVocq4DL22WdnOmt54d) ✨ Last trips link: [Youtube Video](https://youtu.be/Mu9FwB96L5E?si=76Q_ToS_Ts-pFII4)

I don't usually pick romance but I really wanted to do a Hanukkah book. It's a bit on the longer side but hopefully a quick read. The library only has 5 audiobooks so please try to remember to "release it" when you're done. Columbus libraries: [https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3503238](https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C3503238) Location: The Goat Riversouth [219 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215](https://www.google.com/maps?q=219%20South%20High%20Street%2C%20Columbus%2C%20Ohio%2043215%2C%20United%20States) [Menu](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/686d3ed16745133042482c5f/t/68ff654dbb03b96875430bde/1761568077220/all_brunch-20250311.pdf) Book summary: Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade she’s hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from her family. Her talent has made her a bestseller even as her chronic illness has always kept the kind of love she writes about out of reach. But when her diversity-conscious publisher insists she write a Hanukkah romance, her well of inspiration suddenly runs dry. Hanukkah’s not magical. It’s not merry. It’s not *Christmas*. Desperate not to lose her contract, Rachel’s determined to find her muse at the Matzah Ball, a Jewish music celebration on the last night of Hanukkah, even if it means working with her summer camp archenemy—Jacob Greenberg. Though Rachel and Jacob haven’t seen each other since they were kids, their grudge still glows brighter than a menorah. But as they spend more time together, Rachel finds herself drawn to Hanukkah—and Jacob—in a way she never expected. Maybe this holiday of lights will be the spark she needed to set her heart ablaze.

**Our February novel is: Julia by Sandra Newman** **This month is a classic, dystopian, fiction, literary fiction, women’s fiction, and science fiction novel. The book is 394 pages in print and 14 hours and 20 minutes on audiobook.** **An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s lover, Julia, by critically acclaimed novelist Sandra Newman.** Julia Worthing is a mechanic, working in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of Truth. It’s 1984, and Britain (now called Airstrip One) has long been absorbed into the larger trans-Atlantic nation of Oceania. Oceania has been at war for as long as anyone can remember, and is ruled by an ultra-totalitarian Party, whose leader is a quasi-mythical figure called Big Brother. In short, everything about this world is as it is in Orwell’s 1984. All her life, Julia has known only Oceania, and, until she meets Winston Smith, she has never imagined anything else. She is an ideal citizen: cheerfully cynical, always ready with a bribe, piously repeating every political slogan while believing in nothing. She routinely breaks the rules, but also collaborates with the regime when necessary. Everyone likes Julia. Then one day she finds herself walking toward Winston Smith in a corridor and impulsively slips him a note, setting in motion the devastating, unforgettable events of the classic story. Julia takes us on a surprising journey through Orwell’s now-iconic dystopia, with twists that reveal unexpected sides not only to Julia, but to other familiar figures in the 1984 universe. This unique perspective lays bare our own world in haunting and provocative ways, just as the original did almost seventy-five years ago.

Join us to discuss our January read: Midnight in Everwood Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but, as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are numbered – she must marry and take up her place in society in the New Year. But, when a mysterious toymaker, Dr Drosselmeier, purchases a neighbouring townhouse, it heralds the arrival of magic and wonder in Marietta’s life. After Drosselmeier constructs an elaborate theatrical set for her final ballet performance on Christmas Eve, Marietta discovers it carries a magic all of its own – a magic darker than anyone could imagine. As the clock chimes midnight, Marietta finds herself transported from her family’s ballroom to a frozen sugar palace, silent with secrets, in a forest of snow-topped fir trees. She must find a way to return home before she’s trapped in Everwood’s enchanting grip forever. In the darkness of night, magic awaits and you will never forget what you find here…

We’ll be reading Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldtree this month! We recommend readingading “Bookshops and Bonedust” and “Legends and Lattes” before reading Brigands and Breadknives.

Join us for our January Book Club gathering where we will come together to discuss *Can't Spell Treason Without Tea* by Rebecca Thorne in a safe and welcoming environment. Make new friends who share your passion for books and connect with fellow LGBTQ book enthusiasts.

We’re still working to get more people into these Meetups, but our goal is to give PlayYourCourt members a few social tennis outings each week in addition to your practice sessions and Challenge League matches. These Meetups are co-ed, super laid back, and all skill levels are welcome. Post your skill level and a suggested court in the comments section so we can round up as many players as we can for some tennis fun! Also, if you’re looking to meet new practice partners or play some matches and you aren’t already in the PlayYourCourt Community, you can go here to see what we’re all about and sign up: https://www.playyourcourt.com/tennis-community/columbus-oh/meetup/ If you love tennis, we’d love to have you! Be sure and watch the quick video that explains how everything works. Happy hitting! - Scott