Leather merchant Osama and Zein


Leather merchant Osama and Zein, who traveled with Ruth and me in the early 2000s. Zein works at the American Univsersity of Cairo in the Biology labs.

Fishawy Cafe in the Khan el-Khalili


The Fishawy Cafe in the Khan El-Khalili was a favorite spot for Egyptian Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz who spent hours writing in the back room.