Category: Egypt
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A Spy of the Egyptian Spies
Not your typical Peace Corps-to-Foreign Service path, this rendering of an ambassador’s tale twists amid my own fascination with the era’s social influences.
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Good Reads
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Who else inspired me this year? Do you want to hear about the teachers in my sons’ classrooms, their coaches and music gurus, the everyday heroes who drove them here and cheered for them there, the aunts and uncles and grandparents who served as role models?
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Travel Writing on Kingdoms
All travel writing is essentially the same. The essence shifts away from plot and in favor of setting.
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Acts of Papyrus
Why should I think of this ancient on a rainy afternoon, two days after Christmas? The answer involves a breakfast of bananas, milk, and avocado, the wrapping of gifts in discounted paper, the sound of metal scraping against asphalt beneath my car, a podcast featuring Egyptologist Kara Cooney, the aroma of black bean soup filling…
Ben East Books 