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El-Alamein 70 years on
Anniversaries are popular, and seventy has a good ring to it, so it was no surprise the other day to find tour buses at Alamein carrying tourists, that most rare of specie in Egypt this past couple of years. It … Continue reading
Sailing the Nile Class
more…. published in October 2012, in “Yachting Monthly”
Achieving the Egyptian way
It seems unsurprising that an 18 year-old Egyptian woman wants to be a journalist. Many were politicized by the 2010 Revolution. To achieve the necessary college education she must get high grades in the final General Secondary School exam next … Continue reading
For want of education
Comparative religion is not taught in schools in the Middle East. Which is a pity because a little understanding of Christianity would have informed Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah that Christians from different Churches or Denominations have very different theological tenets resulting in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmed Mohammed Abdullah, bible, blasphemy, Christianity, Egypt
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Egypt turns a page?
It was really interesting coming back to Cairo on Saturday morning. Coming in from the airport in the very early morning, it was clear that the army had moved to key positions. I went out to do some shopping with … Continue reading
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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Tagged Cairo, Egypt, Hope Village, Street kid, unmarried mother
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A Garden by Design
More…. published in October 2011 Obelisque Issue 14, Egypt
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
Surviving the Sights and Souks
more… published in The Chronicle, September 2011, Cairo
Winter sun in an ancient craft
more… published in Yachting Monthly October 2011, UK