Voices from Post-Revolutionary Egypt 5: The Businessman
A round, amiable man, J is in his 40s, and runs a business in Dahab, Sinai. He has a small son who lives with his...
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Voices from Post-Revolutionary Egypt 4: The Guide
S is 40, and worked as a dive master before he started guiding tourists: he was married in his 20s but it didn’t last. Compact...
Voices from Post-Revolutionary Egypt 3: The Future Soldier
A is 24, with rosy skin and auburn hair, an almost Scottish colouring inherited from a Circassian Turkish ancestor. He graduated recently and is travelling...
Voices from Post-Revolutionary Egypt 2: The Bedouin Girl
S is 15, beautiful, dark-skinned and slender, with a hawkish desert nose and a full upper lip, dressed in a fuchsia and turquoise traditional dress,...
Voices from Post-Revolutionary Egypt 1: The Coder
A sits by the fire in a Dahab restaurant. The youngest of five children, he’s 26, tall, cleanshaven, and plays PlayStation football with the devotion...
There's An Important Man On That Plane
“There’s an important man on that plane,” says Heny. “What plane? Where?!” I say, dozily. Z already has his eyes on it. It’s a sleek...
On the Politics of Museums
The more time we spend in museums around the world, the more I come to realise how very, very political they are. Take the National...
When Does the Chinese Century Begin?
“Why do you want your son to get to know China?” James asks. We’re sitting in the sun, by a rushing canal in beautiful Lijiang...
Family Values
As a trio, H, Z and I cause no little confusion to the good and tolerant folk of Laos, where we’re exploring en route to...
Hearts and Minds
We meet Cam and The Big O on a WWII amphibious landing craft in a coconut grove outside the island’s capital. They are surrounded by...