Been off here for a while. Arrived back in Cairo a little over a week ago; a two week break in the States was full of family, friends, great food, and cold, cold weather. Hoping to get into more of a routine on the CP like in the balmy days of September and October.  I felt hot in a taxi for the first time in a while today — high of 73, sunny — maybe a shift to warmer weather will bring back regular posting.

I’m continuing to write for the Daily Star Egypt, with a number of stories before I left Cairo in mid-January and a few since returning back last week. Building up an archive, here’s the file so far: 

The strange case files of Egypt-Israel espionage (Feb. 5, 2007)

No easy opinions in America on Bush, future direction (Jan. 31 ,2007) 

Political activism continues to create a buzz on Egypt’s political blogs (Jan. 15, 2007) 

Egypt teen finds his game squashing the best (Jan. 14, 2007) 

Torture victim sentenced to three months in jail (Jan. 13-14, 2007) 

New web portal to improve Iraq news coverage (Jan. 5, 2007)

Saddam execution reopens Iraq discussions in Cairo (Dec. 28, 2007)