O, whither hast thou led me, Egypt?
-Antony and Cleopatra, 3.11.53
Egypt first led me to Bashir abu Jaib at the Imbaba camel market, who four years later led me to his son Mahdi in downtown Cairo, who led me to his second son Sayyid in Omdurman, who led me again to Hajj Bashir in El Obeid, who led me to his agent Sayyid abd al-Wahab in al-Nahud, who led me to his Khabīr KhairAllah Khair al-Sayyid at the Wadi al-Heleiwi well flats, who in forty days led me full circle back to Egypt.