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We tumble off our donkeys, giggling like school kids. Our guide is already waiting for us. “Yes,” he raises one hand in benediction, “I am he.” We already know – we went through this yesterday at Karnak Temple. He gestures for us to follow. Limbs stiff but tongues loose after the hour-long...

They say that on a clear day you can see the Pyramids from here. But there are few clear days in Cairo, and I no longer bother to look. I’m jammed into the front seat of an ancient black cab, which means there’s no fixed fare. I glance at the driver, sizing him up. Fine cheekbones, button-bright...

I wake up full of resentment, my head throbbing in tandem with my alarm. I glare at Brian, face down and cruciform on the bed next to me. We went out last night, and—like many old friends who haven’t seen each other for far too long—we filled our silences with alcohol. I can hear him snuffling...

Al-Azhar park is a load of rubbish. At least, it was. But in 1984, the Aga Khan Trust inaugurated a project to transform this five hundred year old pile of rubble and waste into Cairo’s most inspiring green space. And thirty million dollars, eighty thousand truckloads of accumulated debris, and one...

Other than creating an entire fantasy world and redefining a literary genre, the best thing about JRR Tolkien is this quote: “Not all those who wander are lost.”

It’s one of my favourites, and for a long time I’ve used it to justify a life that lacks any real direction (beyond the inexorable...