This work would not have reached its final form without the support, review, and observations of the following: Sara el-Masri, Iman Mersal, Waiel Ashry, Hassan Abdel Mawgoud, Fadi Awad, Mariam Al Ferjani, Ben (our ambassador to the library archives of the West), Fawwaz Traboulsi, Marwan Imam, David Bowie, Ahmed Wael.