In Cairo Below the Citadel
By Phil Roberts, 9-5-2024 When we first went to Cairo in the early 2000s, very poor people lived and worked in the city’s two main …
Middle East and Egypt
Christmas Eve with a Coptic Pope (Part 1)
By Phil Roberts, Oct. 15, 2023 Sometimes, when you have no intention of doing anything but sitting down with a good book, you find yourself …
Strolling through Cairo’s American Cemetery
By Phil Roberts I’ve been thinking of the “good days” in Egypt today–after walking around this afternoon in biting Wyoming fall winds. Cairo has years’ worth …
Letter from Cairo, #3
Political Musings from Egyptians Late in the afternoon of the 3rd day in Cairo, I finished entering my grades online and then took a walk …
Cairo Letter, March 15, 2003
March 15, 2003 Hi, everyone. Phil here, from Cairo. We just returned from a very nice sunset picnic on a felucca in the Nile. It …
A Cheap Suitcase, A Knife-wielding Maniac, and No Plans to Bury a Dog: Memories of 1990s Cairo
By Phil Roberts In this installment, I’m writing about some memories of Cairo. I first came to Cairo to help Peggy get settled in at …
Pizzas for the Egyptian Army
Sometimes, you just have to take the initiative and buy pizzas for the Egyptian army: A Memoir of Alexandria (March 2001) By Phil Roberts Sometimes, …
Nomadic Culture and Oil
The Transformation of a Nomadic Culture: The Oil Industry in the Gulf States By Phil Roberts, Department of History, University of Wyoming While the title …
“Egypt’s Vietnam”: Saudi Arabian and Egyptian Intervention in Yemen, 1962-1968
Over the past quarter century, I have spent considerable time in the Middle East, as a visitor and as a researcher. I have no formal …
Cairo Letter, Dec. 13, 2011
Cairo Letter, Dec. 13, 2011 “…We said our goodbyes at the [AUC] Comm Department, library and elsewhere and off the three of us [me, Peggy, and Peggy’s …