CAIRO: From my spot at the end of the queue I wondered how long it would take to get my boarding pass. The airport terminal was bustling with people. Some were headed to Mecca on a short pilgrimage at the beginning of Ramadan, the month when Muslims (...)
As I walked out of a midtown Manhattan building after visiting a friend, I bumped into an Enrique Iglesias look-alike who rushed to open the building s door for me. Have a great day , he said with a disarming smile.
I later understood that (...)
Mohamed is a cashier in one of Cairo s huge supermarkets, a branch of an international leading name in the world of grocery shops. His monthly wage of LE 650 (roughly $120) is earned for working 9 hours a day, 6 days a week. Mohamed tells me how he (...)