Egypt

"Tea on the Terrace” examines how hotel shop talk among 19th- and 20th-century archaeologists affected our understanding of ancient Egypt.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 10, 2013 - The following is condensed from open letter Ismail Serageldin, director of the…

It takes a lot of water to grow rice.Farmers in Missouri’s bootheel have plenty from underground aquifers, replenished by the Mississippi River. But in…

This article first appeared in the St. Lous Beacon, Oct. 5, 2011 - Jack Shenker, a journalist who has been honored for his human rights reporting, took a…

In a dark room on the third floor of the Saint Louis Art Museum, nearly a dozen grade school boys encircled a tour guide, who was dispensing facts about…

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: This week’s Rosh Hashana services marked the first day of the Jewish Year 5774. The ancient…

This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 26, 2013: Cairo, Egypt - June 30 was Revolution 2.0 in Egypt. The people turned out in…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 21, 2013: The violence sweeping across Egypt has shaken many people as the shocking numbers of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 15, 2013: WASHINGTON – When is a military coup not really a coup? On Capitol Hill, the answer…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 2, 2013 - WASHINGTON -- In the wake of mass protests that spurred the Egyptian military to issue…