Growing up all over the place as I did, I don't really have a "home," I'm nomadic, transient, itching to constantly move around. After finishing my Masters degree in Middle East Studies from SOAS in London, I worked for a year as a consultant in Libya and Saudi Arabia. This brought me to the conclusion that the real world is highly overrated, and so I'm back to the warm comforting bosom of academia. After completing a *second* Masters degree in the hopes of firmly ensconcing myself in towers of ivory, I've moved to Cairo in order to perfect my Arabic.