Peter Hessler Quote
All the women who worked in the shops were unmarried, and invariably they were fascinated by the relationships of their foreign bosses. They’re equal, Rasha, the assistant at the Chinese Lingerie Corner, said about the couple whom she worked for. And they discuss things. They have arguments, but they talk about it. Egyptians just try to dominate.
Peter Hessler
All the women who worked in the shops were unmarried, and invariably they were fascinated by the relationships of their foreign bosses. They’re equal, Rasha, the assistant at the Chinese Lingerie Corner, said about the couple whom she worked for. And they discuss things. They have arguments, but they talk about it. Egyptians just try to dominate.
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About Peter Hessler
Peter Benjamin Hessler (born June 14, 1969) is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of four books about China and has contributed numerous articles to The New Yorker and National Geographic, among other publications. In 2011, Hessler received a MacArthur Fellowship in recognition and encouragement of his "keenly observed accounts of ordinary people responding to the complexities of life in such rapidly changing societies as Reform Era China."