Understanding America Through the Eyes of Weird Al Yankovic

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 06.16.08 | 11:37 AM ET

The man and his accordion wield some intriguing power abroad, at least for one expatriate family in Cairo.

Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.

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