[Dialogue] Visit to Bayad

[Tim Wegner]

Wayne and all,

I really enjoyed the Bayad report and recognized many of the names, 
especially Farah Hanna and Abdul Hamid. I have heard that Shaker 
Gergis was still around. I also wonder about Said Riskala. When Susan 
gets home I'll show her your report, and I'm sure she will recognize 
other names.

One question - is there any special complication visiting, given bad 
relations between the US and the arab world generally? Of course I 
ask as one who was in Bayad when Sadat was assassinated (I was there 
from 1978 through 1982), and at that time I felt safe going anywhere 
at any time of the day or night. The transition to  Mubarak was so 
smooth there didn't seem to be any special issue, however chaotic it 
seemed to those outside. However we are definitely in different times 
today, which is why I asked.

Tim