Literary Arts Magazine Spring 2019 | Page 21

My Best Friend Said Ibrahim My best friend is Amr. He is 28 years old. I have known him since I was 10. We went to the same school. He has been married for one year. He has one child. He has been an accountant for 5 years. He has been living in Cairo, Egypt for 28 years. Amr has many hobbies. He runs, plays soccer, goes to the gym, and loves cooking delicious Egyptian foods. He also loves listening to mu- sic—alternative, classical, dance, European, and Latin. He goes to the cinema. He loves traveling. He has visited many places in Egypt like Alex- andria, Luxor, and Aswan. He is bilingual. He speaks Arabic and English. He has a good heart and always makes me happy when I feel discour- aged. He is intelligent. He always helps me when I need help. Finally, Amr is a brother given to me by nature. He has helped me all the time. I love him so much. Best Friend My best friend is Asmaa. I have known her for 11 years—a long time. She has been married for 3 years and has a child, a boy. His name is Omar. I loved him since he was small. He has big cheeks like his mom. She lived in Alex- andria but now she has moved to Cairo. When she got married I didn’t see her like before. I feel annoyed when I go to a doctor but she is a doctor and is different. I met her in high school. She has many hobbies. She likes yoga. I did yoga with her and she and she solves my problem. She likes reading novels and running can make me happy. She’s funny, marathons. She likes music. flexible, and also motivating. In December, there were lots of opera parties we went to every week. She always likes to go with me to restaurants and malls for shopping. She loves buying a lot of shoes and not wearing them. Also, she likes flowers. She has a big space for planting flowers from different countries. She’s very smart. When I have any problem, I go to her house for help 21 Finally, she’s a very important friend in my life. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t know her. I think I might have a hard life. She always helps me with every- thing. We think together about our future. I love her so much. Aya Salih