I left Egypt 40 years ago. They say you can take an Egyptian out of Egypt, but you can’t take Egypt out of an Egyptian. I still visit Egypt every now and then. I recently made my first visit since the January 25 Revolution of 2011. It wasn’t easy after all these years. I was warned about the political climate in Egypt now under military rule. The
Sleepless in Cairo: Egyptians Reacquaint Themselves to Life In a Dictatorship
Ahmed Tharwat returns to his home country of Egypt to find that Egyptians, once vibrant and full of optimism, have returned to the grim reality of life in a repressive dictatorship.