Deathly Hallows!!!

Harry Potter is here! Oh yes, in the middle of Egypt, a country that once banned the books for their perverse witchcraft and anti-Islamic tenancies, I have Harry Potter! It cost 200LE, but at 9am in the morning, I pranced over to the AUC bookstore, where I was immediately handed my own lovely copy. It’s the British version, complete with inky black binding and cover art depicting the locket of Slytherin. I can’t read it all now as I must save some for my beach trip to Marsa Alam, but I have Harry Potter! I still can’t watch the movie as it comes out later here than basically anywhere else in the world, and there were no midnight parties complete with children in costume, harassed parents, even more harassed booksellers, and trivia games that make me smugly think “I could kick those kids’ asses, no sweat”. So see! I am not at the ends of the earth! I am merely a commercial airline flight away from places that actually appreciate the wonder that is the last ((sob)) Harry Potter book!