About Me

I’m an Egyptian-American. Born in Egypt in the late 70’s and spent the first few year of my life in the US. Then my family moved back in the mid 80’s. So I spent my late childhood and most teen years in Egypt before settling in the US in 97 and been here since. Received all my higher education in the US so I’m not a socialist but I don’t dismiss them. Professionally I’m an accountant with my own small practice in Chicago, IL where I also live with my wife and two kids.

I started blogging because I love Middle East politics (I think we Middle-Easterns get politics with our mother’s breast milk) and enjoy discussing it in a constructive way. I also blog to capture my own thoughts on paper or blog J. Although I’m fluent in Arabic and can write and read it, I choose for the most part to write in English as I type fast in it. However, I might also have few blogs here and there in Arabic and will probably attempt to translate some articles from Arabic to English.

My dream for Egypt is for it to be a democratic civil society where corruption is rejected and not considered the norm. Thanks for reading!!!!