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"An Acient Egyptian in Texas," by Fred Nashed
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ISBN 978-1-60264-540-0, $13.95, 206 pages.
This is the story of an architect employed by the Egyptian government. He worked for 15 years under conditions akin to slavery. He was assigned to undesirable remote locations working from sunup till sundown trying to fulfill unreasonable work loads and deadlines. When promotion and salary raise time came, he was bypassed. Finally, he was allowed to leave the country after the unfavorable outcome of the six-day war with Israel when the ban on immigration was lifted and arrived in the US in 1968 with only $200 in his pocket, the maximum allowed by the Egyptian government at that time. The book includes many interesting anecdotes about air raids on Cairo during WWII and describes his interactions with his eight siblings, funny incidents during his years in college and the euphoria he experienced after arriving stateside. It is a testament to God's benevolence and the fortitude of the human spirit in the face of daunting odds.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Fred Nashed graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Cairo with a degree in architecture. He received an MA degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975. During his study there, he worked as a Teaching Assistant, his entry in an international competition was chosen to be sent to Argentina. Fred was employed by firms in Texas, North Carolina and Massachusetts and started a consulting firm in 1994 serving firms in Boston until he retired in 2002. During his career, he authored three books dealing with architectural technology. Two were published by McGraw-Hill and one was translated into Chinese. He also presented well-attended seminars to architects during the Build-Boston yearly symposium. For the past 38 years he has been married to a wonderful UT alumna and currently resides in a delightful active adult retirement community in Texas.
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