lettersfromegypt

A collection of 2 issues

07 Apr 2005

Tourist Travails

Living abroad means you’re not quite a tourist—you have an address, after all—but you’re certainly not a local. What are you? Our writer reports from several recent trips around Egypt, trailed by scantily clad visitors.

06 Jan 2005

Short, Cautionary Tales

Hotel bombings and terrorism aside, it’s the daily alien frustrations and local rituals that put the grit into living abroad. Our writer reports from Cairo on the small infuriations that make her city unique.