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Christmas in Cairo

Dead in the Water (or, How I Caught a Cold in the Name of Work)

What you didn't know about Jordan..

Temple fatigue

Jordan: of magic and the ownership of miracles

The plight of the pigeon

Sandboards, springs and the Schumacher of Siwa

Visiting the Oracle

Watching the movies, watching the moviegoers

The night before Eid

Animal kingdom visits Cairo

Football: the drug of the nation?

Tension in the hours before Algeria-Egypt match

Monkey business and Pet Shop Boys

Weird spotting on Cairo streets

Egypt-Algeria match fever

Getting piggy

Copping it not so sweet

Bedouins and Beyonce

Love, acid and lost shoes: notes from Cairo's dailies...oes:

At the feet of gods: Cruising Lake Nasser to Abu Simbel

The prince and I

The grand old Duke of York/had 7,000 men...

Smokin' in Cairo

All quiet on the North African front...

Horsing about in the desert - from Giza to Sakkara

Cruising the Nile on the cheap

Time travel and the adaan

War and Peace (the short, Austral-Egyptian version)

Open for business

The post-feast hangover hanging over Cairo