Tag Archives: Cairo

Bessel van der Kolk and notes on the Zar

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Rebecca Porteous

A few days before Bessel van der Kolk arrived in Cairo to teach on Trauma in January, I was at the biennial conference of the Egyptian Association of Group Therapies in 6th October, and went to a presentation by a … Continue reading →

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Three Years On

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Rebecca Porteous

Mohammed Mahmoud Street links the downtown Cairo district of Abdine with Tahrir Square. During the Egyptian uprising 2011–2012, many of us who are parents of younger children and who got actively involved were navigating new territory; under what circumstances would … Continue reading →

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Backstairs

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Rebecca Porteous

A couple of weeks ago Peter Hessler wrote a long piece in The New Yorker about a Cairo dustman. It caused a bit of a stir in Cairo, and I wrote a letter to The New Yorker with some of … Continue reading →

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