She travelled to Egypt for the first time when she was a junior in college and didn’t speak one word of Arabic. It was the best foolish decision she’s ever made. She ate hundreds of pounds of hummus, got lost in an oasis town, and slept under the stars in the middle of the Sahara Desert. The last time Marie travelled to Egypt, she left just one week before the demonstrations in Tahrir Square began. She’s eager to go back to see what’s changed and what has stayed the same. When Marie’s not reading or writing history books she can be found in and around Lawrence knitting or kick-boxing.