Witness to War and Peace: Egypt, the October War, and Beyond SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies We are always being told

We are always being told that sugar is bad for us

the bleakly beautiful landscape of Central Asia

the luckier we get

For anyone in thrall to such great wonders as the Taj Mahal and the Alhambra

or enlightened one

Witness to War and Peace: Egypt, the October War, and Beyond SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies We are always being toldAhmed Aboul Gheit The son of a fighter pilot, raised in an air force barracks, Ahmed Aboul Gheit was privy to the confidential meetings, undisclosed memoranda, and battle secrets of Egyptian diplomacy for many decades. After a stint at military college, he began his career at the Egyptian embassy in Cyprus before later going on to become permanent representative to the United Nations and eventually, Egypt's minister of foreign affairs under Hosni