Nov 22, 2020 | Book Reviews
If you, like me, were wondered how World War One (WW I) affected the 20th century or led to WW II, then this highly engaging book is for you. I was unable to put Barbara Tuchman Pulitzer Prize book down. It’s a page turner. She’s a brilliant writer who...
Nov 3, 2020 | Current News
Upper Egypt or the Sa’id lies in the Southern part of the country. The town of Assuit and the village of Beni Harem cling along the Nile in Upper Egypt, as mentioned in my book Roots & Branches. In Upper Egypt, the Nile valley is very narrow. Life exists...
Oct 26, 2020 | Evolution of the Lab
A study by Drs. Fetissov & Meguid published recently in the medical journal, Nutrition-X, suggests that a glass of water before meals can keep you slender. When we are hungry, we forget that we need to provide water in addition to food. Our study shows that fat...
Oct 8, 2020 | Current News
Another character in Roots and Branches and Making the Cut My mother: By 1935, Hitler had closed the progressive women’s schools, preventing women from entering university. Gretchen Steinbach left her home in Hamburg, Germany, in 1935 and went to England as a nanny...
Sep 23, 2020 | Current News
Characters in “Roots & Branches” and “Making the Cut” Like in fairy tales, Abdel Aziz’s stepmother was a sinful woman. When she banished him at age 6 from the village, Beni Harem in Upper Egypt and sold him into servitude in Cairo, her expectation was...
