‘Uppitiness is Not Well Tolerated Among Egyptians’

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  10.08.08 | 5:39 PM ET

“Call me paranoid,” writes Gigi Douban in The Morning News, “but I think the grocery store clerk was sending a message loud and clear, horse-head-in-the-bed-style.” The alleged uppity crime? Sprinkling a little English with Arabic when ordering groceries in Cairo.



1 Comment for ‘Uppitiness is Not Well Tolerated Among Egyptians’

Ling 10.09.08 | 10:36 AM ET

That was one long article, but good end. Kinda shocked me, and I was just reading, so I can imagine how they must have felt.

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