State & Barracks

State & Barracks

Diary #27

2002-3

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Hossam el-Hamalawy
Jul 11, 2024
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The Cairo Times was my first proper job after I finished my MA in December 2001. Although I initially planned on entering academia, my job applications at a few local private universities were turned down for “security reasons.”

The Cairo Times office, in Garden City, January 2003.

By sheer coincidence, I landed a job at the Cairo Times, published by Hi…

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