I was watching the film "Cairo Time" and encountered one of those stop and think moments. There's a line in the dialogue that's spoken by an American who refers to Egypt as being in the Middle East. An Egyptian companion, confused, responds, "What is this Middle East?" It got me thinking. He's right, for someone in Egypt, Egypt isn't east of anywhere, it's the center of everything. The Middle East is only the Middle East for someone who lives west of the region, and for whom Egypt looks to be in the middle of the world's geography. When an entire global organizations start referring to places as the "Far East" or the "Middle East," then you start to understand the influence of the governments in the western hemisphere, which is only the western hemisphere if you're...
You see what I'm saying? Food for thought.
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