Everyone Lived in Egypt

In Under the Stone Paw, one of the theories that I researched came from Ab’del Hakim Awyan, who was an Egyptologist and tour guide for many years. He lived a block from the Sphinx and woke up every morning to look at her face. When Stephen Mehler, his student...

The Personal is NOT Political–Always

Back in the day, the budding feminist movement of the 60s had a slogan:  “the personal is political.” What did it mean? When women experienced inequality or violence against them, it was often in what was thought of as the personal world. If a woman was physically...