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Tracking down my first home in Cairo

Tracking down my first home in Cairo

Christina Mackenzie

I was born in Cairo, Egypt, but left (with my parents naturally!) when I was just three weeks old. For some strange reason I’d never felt any particular desire to return to my native country but I was bitten by the Egypt bug on my trip down the Nile (see previous post). That had left me a little frustrated because we’d flown directly to Luxor skipping Cairo altogether and I really wanted to see the museums in the capital and, on a more personal quest, see if the building where I had spent a few nights as a newborn still stood.

Cruising down the Nile

Cruising down the Nile

Christina Mackenzie

The Nile. I was born along its banks. I’d flown over great lengths of it. But I’d never seen it up close. So I eagerly accepted an invitation from Lazuli Nile Cruises to join a dozen or so other journalists for a six day cruise up the river from Luxor to Lake Nasser the first week of June 2024. Would I have an epiphany moment when I set foot in Egypt, I wondered? I didn’t, although I did find myself hypnotised by the river thinking “it’s my river”! Nevertheless, this first visit back to Egypt since I was a newborn was a real eye-opener.