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Guy's name: Sherif, Mohsen, Zakaria, Hani, Haysam, Tamer, Seif, Zein?

I think I will go with the microbus idea. I like the taxi idea more, but it's too similar to Taxi, the book. Microbus will be fun too,especially since so many different people ride it and people have certain expectations of the driver (crazy, low-class, rude, dirty, poor, crook, etc). So i love the irony of how my guy will be that driver, but totally the opposite of that description. I want a nice name. I like Seif and Hani the most now. How about Hani Seif! I like it. Okay so Hani Seif. Maybe Ill even play with the title of the book and have the name involved since seif means sword. We'll see how that goes.

So Hani Seif graduated from Cairo University in the summer of 2009 with a degree in ... let's say engineering. He had excellent grades. His dad is a businessman and his mother is an English-Arabic translator at a small company. Let's say he has relatives in the U.S., and he has visited twice. His English is very good. He dresses in a preppy, American style with a touch of Egyptian (no white tight pants with skin tight shirts).

So Hani Seif graduates. He looks for jobs. Nothing. He does an internship. They don't hire him because the economy basically sucks. His English is very good so there's no need for him to take some extra English courses that others took from his class. Two months later, he's still searching for a job. His dad and mom are nagging. His dad is telling him to travel to the U.S. and find a job. He doesn't agree. If Americans themselves find it hard to find a job, why the heck would htey hire him? And if they would hire him, wouldn't it be unfair to those Americans who could have been working at that job? It's their countries. They have the first rights to the jobs. And plus, he wants to live in Egypt for now. He was the oldest child and his dad traveled a lot, therefore he takes care of his family often. He has a younger sister in college and a younger brother in let's say middle school. He still can't find a job and it's been three months. None of the engineering companies or enything engneering related is hiring. And if they are hiring, they would rather accept those elite small percent who graduated from AUC and GUC. His friends he knew from college basically chilled out at home and with their friends. Hani Seif is different. He knew that time was precious. Time is like a sword, isn't it? I'm excited now the next post will be the first chapter!!