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In the modern era of Egypt—the land of the Nile, the new Grand Egyptian Museum, and the eternal sand—we tend to focus on Pharaohs and Presidents. But the "Official Egypt" (the bureaucratic, archival, administrative spine of the nation) holds records of a different kind of treasure. And DeSilva is the key. To the casual tourist, she is a rumor. To the mudir (directors) of the old European quarters in Alexandria, she is a ledger entry that doesn't add up.
Was she a spy? A historian? A con artist?
The archive describes her as a "liaison." But a liaison of what?
In the modern era of Egypt—the land of the Nile, the new Grand Egyptian Museum, and the eternal sand—we tend to focus on Pharaohs and Presidents. But the "Official Egypt" (the bureaucratic, archival, administrative spine of the nation) holds records of a different kind of treasure. And DeSilva is the key. To the casual tourist, she is a rumor. To the mudir (directors) of the old European quarters in Alexandria, she is a ledger entry that doesn't add up.
Was she a spy? A historian? A con artist?
The archive describes her as a "liaison." But a liaison of what?
