@smokey I just read "Egyptian Journey," which I like a lot, not just the way you capture a more realistic picture of Cairo/Egypt--that is nontheless through an outsider's eyes--but, on a purely personal level, the way it resontes with how I sometimes think (and thought) about Seoul, where I lived in the 1988-89 as an English teacher. It was a life-changing experience that I am still exploring in some ways, in both my writing and my teaching.