World Home Threshold Day
A day for the doors, mats, shoes, keys, steps, and greetings that mark the passage between the world and home.
Egypt Edition
World Home Threshold Day leads today's complete edition for Egypt.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for the doors, mats, shoes, keys, steps, and greetings that mark the passage between the world and home.
Seasonal. The winter orange season peaks and every balcony in Cairo has a net bag of oranges rolling around. The juice vendor on the corner sells it fresh for five pounds and has been there since before you were born. Every Egyptian mother tells you it prevents colds. She is right.
You marvel at the Ethiopian wolf, Hamadryas baboon, and Walia ibex that inhabit Ethiopia's unique highlands and rift valleys. You observe that Ethiopians typically keep goats, sheep, and donkeys for both companionship and labor purposes. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.