Linda's Blog—Travel and Art

  • Egypt: What's New, What Different, Part 1

    Dervish performance at the Wikalet al-Ghouri Egypt: What New, What’s Different, Part 1 A Bit of Background: This November I returned to Egypt after 25 years. It was my fifth visit. I was both excited and anxious, giddy and hesitant. In addition to Egypt, I have been to Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, and Palestine/Israel/the West Bank, so visiting a Middle Eastern/North African country was nothing strange to me. But visiting a country that I was last in 25 years ago, felt strange (I had the…