Overheard:

“At least he will introduce the Egyptians to the form-fitting black t-shirt.”

“If the Egyptians I know in New York City are any guide, the form fitting black t is not going to be a revelation … He should fit right in.”

Watch Al Jazeera English instead. Here.

Further Reading

Goodbye, Piassa

The demolition of an historic district in Addis Ababa shows a central contradiction of modernization: the desire to improve the country while devaluing its people and culture.