Rowan El Shimi
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Little bit about Rou
- My friends call me Rou, and that nickname came because people used to mispronounce my name because it is not very common
- I currently live in Cairo, which is also where I grew up. I love Cairo, but I love even more the breaks I take from it.
- I studied journalism and I graduated in June 2009, Since then I have had random jobs including Public Relations team member at a Gym and being an English teacher.
- I work as a freelance writer with some magazines in Cairo, and am looking for some freelance writing gigs abroad as well. I'm also looking for a job in a newspaper or newsagency. Know anyone hiring?
- Some random facts about me include:
- I don't like ketchup and chewing gum
- I don't believe in fruity ice cream
- I accidentally said "Sex" when presenting my Graduation Project (Meant to say section)
- I'm terribly afraid of heights
- I have a doll that I like to cuddle to when I fall asleep and I've had him since I was 3. His name is Little Honey.
- I appreciate garlic in food
- I loved Sex and City they show but was disappointed with the movie (and yet I still want to see Sex and the City 2)
- I have a crush on Barney from How I met your mother
- My friends (guys friends I might add) and I put up our pictures on Hot or Not and I got rated as a 6.1 out of 10 and blamed the bad picture. In case you are wondering they got 7s and 8s.
- I love scarves and own 58 (and counting..)
- I am addicted to buying and wearing earrings, and when I leave my place without having earrings on it ruins my mood
- I love the beach and the feeling of digging my toes and fingers into the sand
- I have always hated mushrooms, but this year for some reason I started to really like them
- I have an addiction to Scrubs (the show) and have developed a crush on Dr. Cox. My new show addiction is True Blood. Which I am very ashamed of.
- My favourite time of the day is one hour before sunset when everything is yellow. Incidentally "Yellow" also happens to be my favourite Coldplay song.
- I was very flattered to have been referred to as Alanis Morissette on the IJBC 2009 page.
- I share food. But not the last bite of anything. That is sacred.
- I am so excited about staffing the Egyptian IPP next winter. It's an amazing staff group and a brilliant project. I had written an article about the last one but unfortunately my magazine doesn't publish online. But you can read an even better article written by my good friend Heba El-Sherif, who was staff in the last IPP we hosted, right here http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=19283
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Rou's CISV History
Programs
- "The Puzzle Village" in Maine, USA in 1999
- Interchange with Linz, Austria in 2001
- "Seeds of Diversity" Summer Camp in Victoria, Canada in 2002
- "Bare Necessities" Village (JC) in Manchester, GB in 2005
- "Let's..." Seminar Camp in Alkmaar, The Netherlands in 2006
- Coming up: IPP Staff in Farafra, Egypt in 2010/2011
International Meetings and Workshops
- JEMM 2005 in Gouna, Egypt.
- Great Success Int. JB workshop in 2007 in Taba, Egypt.
- IJBC & AIM 2007 in Paipa, Colombia
- EJBM 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal
- IJBC & AIM 2008 in Firenze, Italy
- MoCoCo 2008 in Athens, Greece. (as Content Staff)
- EJBM 2009 in Graz, Austria
- ARMM, IJBC & AIM 2009 in Antigua, Guatemala (as Content Staff)
- IJR Mid Way Meeting in Madrid, Spain
- Writeshop at International Office, Newcastle, GB.
- EJBM 2010 in Nunspeet, the Netherlands (as Content Staff)
- Coming up: ARMM, IJBC & AIM 2010 in Berlin, Germany (as Content Staff)
Locally, I've been active in JB since 2002...
I used to go to JB meetings and participate in activities for the first year then I started working in JB...
- Local Work committee member 2003/2004.
- Events Committee Head 2005/2006
- Fundraising Committee Head 2006/2007
- NJR 2007 - 2009
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At the moment...
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What people say about Rou
- Rou, Basma Hosny protege - Moe Q
- 'I love her. She's my babe. She makes me happy. She makes me smile. She listens like no other. I miss her always' - Lizzie GB
- Whenever Rou gets sad, she stops being sad and becomes AWESOME instead. True story!... - Zé Baptista
- She reminds me to be a better person every time. Thankyou Rou. -James
- JUST GREAT!Cris Salas
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