Egypt

I thought I’d written a fun novel about 1950s Egypt, Cecil B. DeMille, and “The Ten Commandments.” But today, even historical novelists need to keep looking over their shoulders.

For many families, the only way to get out of Gaza is to pay a huge bribe to Egyptian officials with absolutely no guarantee that you will be allowed out of the warzone anyway.

“It was important to make it very clear that the United States has Israel’s back,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. “We will stand with it today, tomorrow, and every day.”

“It’s eating his remains now,” one witness could be heard saying as the shark pulled the man underwater.

The experience of visiting them doesn’t quite stack up. In fact, it’s outright abysmal.