Rain in Cairo?!?!?!

It doesn't rain in the desert, right?

Last time I checked that was the definition of a desert: less than a certain amount of precipitation of rain per year. I guess the operative phrase is "less than a certain amount."

When I was walking out of the office today, the guys at the front desk were making comments in Arabic and laughing. I didn't know what was going on, but assumed that they were making light of the fact that I was still wearing shorts in December.

Then I walked out the door. What was that stuff falling from the sky? I turned to look back at the guys and they were laughing hysterically. "Look at that stupid white boy going out in the rain in shorts."

It's only water, so I just took off down the street. It was coming down pretty hard, but nothing that was going to stop me. Halfway to my destination, I heard shouting behind me. I turned to see some guys running full-speed down the road. They eventually got quite close to me and it become clear that the police were chasing some guy.

He darted between cars, but eventually met his end when he slipped and fell on the pavement. Four cops were on him instantaneously, and then proceeded to kick, punch, and slap the guy. Some old guy came up and got everyone to come down, but only lasted for so long. After the cops had dragged the guy to his feet, they marched him away from my, while continuing to punch him in the back of the head.

Interestingly, the guy didn't put up any sort of a fight. Probably a good idea, given that he already tried to evade arrest.