Written by: Frank Samol on 17 June 2023
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Karl-Marx-Allee: A Berlin Street
Cleaning out the basement As it happens, my last efforts to put some order in our basement coincided with the 70th anniversary of the uprising of 17 June 1953. Even though...
Written by: Frank Samol on 14 June 2023
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Cairo - Fighting for Public Space
I still occasionally come back to Cairo, in my mind or in virtual explorations online. Perusing the June edition of Le Monde Diplomatique, I stumbled upon an article by...
Written by: Frank Samol on 1 June 2023
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Baghdad – The Walled City
I just returned from a short assignment to Baghdad. I had never been there before and did not know what to expect. Actually, I did not see much of the...
Written by: Frank Samol on 12 June 2022
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Who will serve tea or coffee in Egypt‘s New Capital in the desert?
Back to Cairo for a short visit of a couple of days, after a long absence of ten years, I wanted to update myself on the New Administrative Capital that...
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