Death on the Nile

Is it true, my guide asks, that America views this as a third-world countryThat we consider Egypt’s development to be … More

Let’s Learn

On the bus we’re headed through the desert for the Red Sea,crossing a staggering, desolate landscape.The heat outside withers you … More

For the life of me I couldn’t find my way back to my room, each minute another turned page in … More

Revised 12.12.23 The people working inside here look hardly savageEven though a paler woman sitting sunning outside said they wereSaid so … More

This is neon lit backstreetsbeckoning tourists to ogle belly-dancers,choose the one who will do more than simply shimmy.We arrive at … More