There are people one knows and people one doesn't. One shouldn't cheapen the former by feigning intimacy with the latter.
Tony HorwitzI couldn't think of another city in the world that lined its streets with stone leviathans honoring failed rebels against the state.
Tony HorwitzEgyptians undergo an odd personality change behind the wheel of a car. In every other setting, aggression and impatience are frowned upon. The unofficial Egyptian anthem "Bokra, Insha'allah, Malesh" (Tomorrow, God Willing, Never Mind) isn't just an excuse for laziness. In a society requiring millennial patience, it is also a social code dictating that no one make too much of a fuss about things. But put an Egyptian in the driver's seat and he shows all the calm and consideration of a hooded swordsman delivering Islamic justice.
Tony Horwitz