With a bottle of fine French wine at hand and the refreshing breeze of the Aura river on that particularly fresh summer-ish day tingling my face, it felt like my day to Finland’s oldest city, Turku, couldn’t get any better. I had arrived a couple of hours earlier with the father of Finnish family which is hosting me for the weekend. He had planned to run the marathon that day while I ...
Author: Moustafa - Egypt
Moustafa Daly is a journalist pursuing his dream to give a voice to the ones who are normally left unheard. Moustafa works as an Editor and Senior Writer at an English-speaking online magazine Cairo Scene. This magazine is known for covering controversial topics which are generally kept quiet in the Egyptian society.
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Daly Takes Finland
That’s me in the photo, sneaking an hour at work to write up this blog post. It’s been a little over two months since I received the call from the Finnish Embassy congratulating me for having been chosen for the programme, and ever since, googling everything about Finland has become my new pastime. As someone who holds views on society and religion that sit at odds with the majority’s ...