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A Cairene unmarried teenage mother and street kid

My interview with Yasmin, a Cairene unmarried teenage mother and street kid with a five year old son was broadcast on the BBC world service’Outlook’programme on 23rd January, 2012. It is available at

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A Garden by Design

More…. published in October 2011 Obelisque Issue 14, Egypt

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New life for the Egyptian woman cut off from the world for ten years.

An interview, broadcast on the BBC World service Outlook programme on 1411/2011, with Hala, an Egyptian woman who was cut off from the world for ten years. To hear the broadcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00kmdgt” title=”New Life for the Egyptian woman cut off … Continue reading

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Mango Season

The competition in the garden escalated unexpectedly this morning.  I had thought that the race was between the guards, the part time gardener, us, the bats, and the ants. I was not surprised that the part-time gardener was more attentive … Continue reading

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Death on Cairo’s streets

Last night, Adil, the eight-year-old son of Mustafa, the gardener who tends many of the gardens in this neighborhood, was killed by a truck whilst playing in the street outside his home. A quiet serious child with a lovely smile; … Continue reading

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