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Maria Golia recalls why part of her Egyptian education involved learning how to break the rules.
Wealth in abundance
'Make do and mend' is a time-honoured Egyptian talent, discovers Maria Golia.
Turning Japanese
Maria Golia recalls a moment of cultural confusion.
Shake and sway
Maria Golia ponders Egypt’s attitude towards sexuality.
Making room
Even when the odds are stacked against them, Maria Golia observes her neighbour’s family taking life as it comes.
Friday fracas
Maria Golia goes into battle for the underdog – and then wonders just what she has done.
No place like home
Cairo's poor show a peculiar brand of camaraderie.
Manners and the man
In the damp, dark winter, Maria Golia finds cold comfort in a pharmacy queue.
The lightest touch
From brandished bottoms to a difficult death, Maria Golia plays nurse for her neighbours.
Living theatre
Patience is running thin and tempers are flaring in Maria Golia’s apartment block.
What love’s got to do with it
Maria Golia on conflicting loves in Cairo
The pen is messier than the sword
Maria Golia explains why the pen is messier than the sword in her Letter from Cairo.
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