Ahmed

I live in London, UK.  Originally from Egypt, I have been hopping from London to Cairo, back and forth.

I was first published at 11. However, most of my writings from that period have disappeared. A published letter to the editor of South magazine - a now-defunct publication - still survives. I had found it incumbent upon myself - at age 11 - to encourage the OECD to follow the example of the COMECON. Why I would want to do that at age 11 is a question I have never pondered. Except now.

The voice of Alistair Cooke (of Letter from America) boomed through the spare bedroom's radio and captivated me ever since I was nine. He died only a couple of years ago. Anglo-saxon, colonialist-era gentleman that he was, I found his style admirable, but not his views.

Some of my recent activities include writing acting. I am member of the Third Person Theatre company, a dramatic improvisation troupe.