One day in Egypt, Lydian and I went out to find bottled water in Nazlet al Samaam. After we got a big box of bottles, we walked back to the opaque metal gate of our apartment complex, but the gate was locked. We walked around to a different gate and yelled over the stone wall to see if someone could hear us. Suddenly, the big metal gate opened up. Whew! What a relief! A girl living inside our apartment ...