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Those Likeable Scoundrels
Continue ReadingWherever you go in the world you are bound to run into rascals like these. The Cairo Egyptian salesman above is called Mohammad, like half the men in the Middle East. He is a gifted smooth-talking Arab with a devastating sense of humor. You cannot help liking him. He will take your money and […]
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A Man of Many Stimuli
Continue ReadingYou have probably seen vehicles around your town smothered in decals and bumper stickers, each proclaiming one ideology or another, sometimes giving information about places in the world to which the owners have traveled. Military folks appear at airports in uniforms bristling with service ribbons, medals and rank insignias. Occasionally one sees members of […]
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Crossing the Street Egyptian Style
Continue ReadingI lived in Alexandria, Egypt for about a month and stayed two years in Cairo. The latter city sprawls on both sides of the Nile river, a metropolis containing 18 million persons, few personal vehicles but lots of taxis, delivery trucks and micro-buses. In most places there are no traffic controls whatsoever. Downtown Cairo has […]
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There Is No Explaining This
Continue ReadingThere is no explanation for some things you see in public. Analysis fails. You must let the mind dissolve into pure experience and refrain from judgement.
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