Corroboration of Cairo Rioting Found
As I said yesterday, about my latest book Arrival of the Gods in Egypt:
While writing this book, I looked online for documentation of the rioting in Cairo and found none. I also could not find documentation supporting a declaration of war by Israel.
By chance, I met a young man who happened to be in Egypt almost at the same time I was there in October 2000. I flew out of Cairo the morning of October 1st. He arrived four days later on October 5th. And, he definitely corroborated my memories of the reports of rioting in Cairo. He said that he had been closely following the BBC reports on the rioting in Cairo before he left for his Egyptian tour because there was a good chance his tour would be canceled.
In fact, when I returned to North American from Egypt, I discovered that some Egyptian tours had been canceled because of the rioting.
However, when I wrote Arrival of the Gods in Egypt, I could not find documentation of the rioting on the Internet. I began to wonder if my memories that there had been rioting were incorrect or perhaps exaggerated. Therefore, I felt happy to meet another person who had been in Cairo in October 2000. It felt good to know that his memories coincided with mine. I now feel secure to say that it truly was a time of strained relationships between countries in the Middle East.
