On the way home from my encounter with the costume shop queens I caught a taxi in Doqqi.  As usual, I flagged him down, told him my destination while standing outside the cab so the driver could agree or disagree, then plunked myself down in the...

Sorry it’s been a few days since I last wrote.  I shall make up for this in typical style, by writing a bunch of entries in quick succession.  Starting with a trip to the belly dance costume shops of Cairo! Yesterday I met my friend Lo...

Around two PM I got antsy.  I’d been doing some boring PhD stuff on the computer and I’d resolved not to leave for lunch until I’d finished the task of updating my eProfile.­­ I could feel myself getting increasingly irritable because I ...