Commentary: Passing for Egyptian
When commentator Murad Kalam traveled to Egypt, he realized that, if he kept his mouth shut, he could pass for Egyptian. For the first time in his life, he felt ordinary. He could hail a cab at any hour, something he could not do in Boston or New York. But he was not "passing" in the American sense -- a light-skinned black person passing for white. And even though he was passing, he knew that he was not truly Egyptian.
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