Drinking Tea in Tahrir: Actual Reality vs Reality TV
As I sipped and smiled, I realized there was a world of difference between the news—reality TV showing those heightened moments that make good drama, and reality—what I was now living. Read more…
Egyptian Spirit Guides – Mohamed Nazmy & Emil Shaker
This is the 2nd excerpt from my work-in-progress memoir, Travels Through Egypt. This is the last part of chapter 3. If you have a suggestion for the name, let me… Read more…
All the World’s a Stage: Our Top Drama Trip Destinations : School Travel
For drama teachers, the opportunity to inspire the creativity of young students is both a challenge and a privilege. School trips to discover the world of performing arts in the… Read more…
Sea Turtle Rescue at the Casa Magna
His window is very narrow, just three hours, so the first thing he does is sweep the beach looking for signs of the wavy flat tracks the turtle flippers make as they move away from the surf and towards their urgent business. Once the turtles dig their pits and lay, which can take an hour or more, they sweep sand across the hole until their eggs are buried in a foot of fine blond sand, then lumber back towards to ocean to hope their progeny survives. The biologist, clock ticking, is just Read more…