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But Turbo only laughed. 'What power do you think the police have here? That's why
they waited until the end of prayers - they just wanted to do a quick smash-and-grab. Lev,
the one thing you need to know about Egypt, the one thing we learned from the revolu-
tions, is . . . it doesn't take long for things to get out of hand here. Every man has a gun hid-
den away in his home. Honour killings, revenge killings, tribal violence - if you so much
as look at their wives, some of these men will disembowel you. The police rarely interfere.
There are whole districts they don't dare enter.'
'A bit like London, then,' I said - but underneath, I wasn't in a jocular mood. We'd only
just begun this journey into upper Egypt's rural heart, and already I was discovering the
dark side of this blighted country.
