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Me, myself and I

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 So I did something I have been dreaming of doing for quite some time: I booked a room in a hotel in the city. The plan was to get away somewhere nicer in the country such as our coast or Sine Saloum. But such trip involves a car. And since I do not have any, I gave up on that idea. And I am not willing to get on a bus with other people for long hours during this pandemic. I also had the opportunity to book a trip via agencies but they were either out of my budget or never at the right time for me. So after searching for weeks, I just booked a room at the Savana Hotel in the city. Savana hotel is a very old hotel in Dakar probably older than me. I used it last year to celebrate my youngest's birthday with the entire family. This time I booked a room for one night because I found a good deal on the internet. With the recession caused by the coronavirus, a lot of hotels in the country have been forced to reduce their prices or offer limited time deals. Prices are often slashed in ha

Djinn Boyfriend (Farrou Rap)

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Hello my dears.  It has been more than a year since I posted about my love life or lack there of. I thought I would give you a little update. I hope you are interested.  Dress - tailor made Simple version of the KOONI dress from my latest collection Shoes - Adanif However, I am not going to just talk about my love life. Today I want to brush the subject of "Farrou Rap". A "Farrou Rap" can be loosely translated to "Djinn Boyfriend". A djinn can be described as a super natural being in Islamic Arabic mythology. In my country it is believed that women who are unlucky in love have djinn boyfriends. I actually saw an entire list of all the "symptoms" of having a djinn boyfriend on Twitter recently, and sadly I think I have some of them. But first let me share them with y'all so you have an idea of what I am talking about. Basically the post on Twitter says that these below are the symptoms of having a djinn boyfriend: - does not want to get marr