If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

by Noor Naga

Those outside of a language, of a culture, see furniture through a window and believe it is a room. But those inside know there are infinite rooms just out of view, and that they can always be more deeply inside.

THE MOST DEPRESSING KIND OF RELATIONSHIP is one without clearly demarcated roles of victim and abuser, where the partners take turns leading, as in a Madrid-style schottische.