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- My name is Yehia Salah-Eldin and it all started when my parents, my younger brother and I, moved into our new apartment in downtown, Alexandria.
- Today was my final screening of my first short movie that I can proudly say that my classmates and professors enjoyed. In fact my first movie, was based on a true story that happend to me last summer...
- I have a mom who is fascinated by old buildings that have a history. Our new apartment has been there for over 100 years and it was originally owned by a female member of Egypt’s Royal family. According to my mom, the owner was known as Princess Gamila.
- Back to my mid-summer night, my parents and brother went to visit my grandpa for a couple of days in cairo and I had to stay behind to finish my work (and yes I do work in the summer as well)
- And, as usual the house and my bedroom turned into an absolute mess, I had to leave the house for 10-15 minutes as I remembered, to buy some grocery.
- When I came back, I saw the strangest thing, the whole house was cleaned, all dishes were washed. The living room was spotless and my bedroom and bathroom was in order and perfect, exactly how I liked it.
- I freezed, I was in complete shock not knowing if I should stay in the house or run away, so many things came across my mind, except one thing, Gamila.
- I tried to not think about it too much and get back to my work, but I couldn’t focus as I was so curious to know who did it, after a few hours I tried convincing myself that I should let it go and not tell anyone about it.
- A few weeks later, I was craving for chocolate and I was planning to get it on my way home from university but I didn't have enough money. So, I continued walking home and as usual my parents and younger brother came home after me, as I only have morning classes for this week.
- When I arrived at the house, I went to change, went to the bathroom and when I came out, I saw a box of chocolate on my bed.
- I saw a box of chocolate on my bed. I called my mom asking her if she bought me the chocolate, I asked my dad and brother and they all said no. I ignored this one as well and I said to myself that I probably bought it and forgot about it.
- The next day, I had an assignment due that I forgot about so I was going to my professor to tell him and to apologies to him about it but on my way to see him in the hall and he walked over to me and as I was starting to explain, he was thanking me for my great assignment (that I never handed it)
- On my way home, I kept recalling everything that has happened in less than a month, the cleaning of my room, the box of chocolates that I was craving, and my assignment. Back then I probably thought that all of this was just hallucinations and that I actually did all of this but couldn’t remember. But something happened that made me rethink this whole saga.
- My 20th Birthday was on July 21st, 1999 exactly one year ago, at 12am egypt time. My room was dark, and there was a half chocolate half fruit cake on my desk, in my room with around 220 candles, but I am only turning 20? and as I got closer to it the more it got clearer.
- I turned to my side there was a light and it kept coming closer and closer and the more it came closer to me the more features of it appeared, I mean her. Strange right? At first it looked like a really bright light.
- But I knew it was something different. She was something different. She was Princess Gamila, the owner of our apartment.
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