Everything came to a crashing halt a few months later when a car bomb blew up the local theatre. The theatre was just for expats. It was full of British, American, Australian, and Canadian people. I had tickets to go to that night’s performance, but I had bailed because my daughter wasn’t feeling well. The Egyptian who drove the car into the building died on impact. Everyone in the theatre was able to escape when they heard the huge bang. Once they were all out, the director went back in to make sure everyone had been evacuated, and that’s when the bomb went off. The Director did not survive.
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