Up and running

Saint Louis, Missouri

Hi all -

I don't leave for Cairo for another month, but I wanted to get this up and running before then. I've set up this blog to use for the next year both to keep in touch with everyone back home and my friends around the world, and also to give you all a better idea of what I'm doing.

The Fulbright commission encourages us grantees to serve as cultural ambassadors for the United States. I've taken this to mean that I need to educate the people I meet in Egypt about the US, but more importantly I need to educate Americans about what I learn in Egypt. I think increasing knowledge and understanding of the Middle East region is the most important - and the easiest - step in solving the problems facing the US and the global community today, and I hope you'll spend some time on my blog reading my posts and visiting my links.

I will be updating throughout the week with more information about my plan of work and study in Cairo.

Best,
Liz