It's been almost 2 weeks since I arrived in Cairo, and I am luxuriating in the joy of old friends, Arabic, and this ever-changing and sprawling city. I go home in about a week. I miss my house and my sons and my friends, but I don't miss US politics at all. At all. At all.

I'm sure you've all noticed this, but Trump sure didn't hire any folks of color - all these mea culpas are pretty non-diverse

school starts tomorrow 🥺🥺

Many of you are getting sadly familiar with the destruction of Cairo's cultural gems, old neighborhoods and the treasure of the City of the Dead. Here's the NYTimes take on it: nytimes.com/2023/08/26/wor…

Egypt Is Exhuming the Dead and Evicting the Living nytimes.com/2023/09/25/opi… I am deeply moved by my friend Hussein Omar's essay in today's NYTimes. Please take a look!

Americans really need to tread lightly when condemning other nation-states of murdering women and children. Because America itself was founded upon the systematic slaughter of Indigenous women and children. Wounded Knee Massacre, December 29th, 1890.

Ceasefire Now. No more of this depravity.

Very Interesting read: bostonreview.net/articles/the-f…

Today was a great protest and moment at UPenn! And it never stopped being peaceful.

Hello Folks, For the sake of my mental wellbeing, I am deactivating my Twitter account. Wishing all of my friends well. Eve