Aug 14, 2016 | Essays
(adapted from the Babylonian Talmud) –Some of them claim a dream’s a prophecy, a kind of unread letter from God, but they’re just dreaming! Interpretation’s the only thing that matters. There’s a proverb: “The dream takes meaning from the mouth,” meaning that...
Jul 12, 2016 | Essays
There were two cups of tea on the tiny table at which I sat with my friend Mohamed Al-Hawary in a white-tiled coffee shop in Cairo. Mohamed’s hookah was bubbling and his eyes were twinkling; through a cloud of apple-scented smoke, he asked me how I liked smoking the...
