Tag: personal

Farewell my Republic

From holly crusades and revolutions to the underground debauchery and parenthood, it is a 20 year quest to survive and thrive in the complexity of Egypt.

A Nation Reinvented

An essay about the search for identity that starts at the Suez Canal. From myth to reality, how the Canal played a role in Egypt’s mutation from 19th century orientalism to today’s neo-nationalism.

The Comrades and I

A cross-border tale of three funerals; Lenin’s, Egyptian communism and my father’s.