15 Struggles of ElBent ElMasreya ElOver

I know I write twice a month about how over-dramatic everything about Egypt is, yet deep down it’s all a cover-up to the harsh reality of my unexplained and unnecessary avwara. Egyptian women face a lot of struggles and being hysterical is a problem for most of us. I promise you we don’t have control over it, it just happens, even in the darkest days when simplicity is a must, we are still over. This is Dina and these are my struggles.

So you wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and start planning how much kohl you’ll apply and how you’ll line your eyes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yalahwi is your most-used word and You can’t tell a story with adding your avwara touch

 

 

 

 

 

Make-up in the morning, Make-up in the evening and you think it is subtle even though people tell you to calm the hell down with the concealer

 

 

 

 

 

 

We love extensions, be it hair, bangs, eye-lashes, nails, whatever they manufacture, we’ll use it

 

 

 

 

You make fun of how thick and dark our eyebrows are and we try to take it easy with the fillers but it just doesn’t happen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being a drama queen is basically your thing. You are the loudest person at work, home, the café, your kid’s school and the gym

 

 

 

 

 

 

 That loud Hayatem-style laugh that you can’t keep in

 

 

 

 

 

Those nails though

 

 

 

 

The Minute the sun sets, we start the hair Karpaja because hair volume is life. We seriously try to stay away from the comb, but we’re genetically programmed to over do it

 

 

 

 

 

We go to the hairdresser weekly, whether there’s an occasion or not and yell at him if our hair is flat

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s a bikini if it’s not covered in sequin and if the swimwear is basic, then the cover-up is a terter engulfed disaster. As I said we are possessed by the demon of avwara

 

 

 

 

Lazm nakkad and shakk. Guys we live for these moments of unrelative tears and suspense. Don’t you dare take them away

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you have kids this is your life motto ‘Ya mekhalefa elbanat ya Shayla elhamm lelmamat’

 

 

 

 

 

And yalahwi if your kids screw up in any activity. It feels like the world has come to an end

 

 

 

 

We don’t just buy footwear, we go for diamond-covered flip flops, flats and heels because glitter is better

 

 

 

 

WE SAID THIS: Make sure to check out 32 Moments in 2015 That Proved ElAvwara Is a Part of Every Egyptian.