A few readers have asked why. What is wrong with Egyptian wood? Why is it a running theme throughout 'Bethlehem Fiasco' (like the camels - oh yes)? There are many ways to look at it...and it's not much about wood, really.
1. Connection to 'Norwegian Wood' by the Beatles (Egyptian Wood / Norwegian Wood...work it out...there's a 'dig' at a certain type of person at the end)
2. ...which brings us to women, and discrimination in those parts of the world...
3. ...which brings us to the weakness in men, using 'tradition' to control the women, with their 'weak' 'wood'...
5...which links us back to the novel 'Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.
4. And finally, much less serious than the rest,...when we were at Primary school, in History lessons, we learnt about Egypt...stones, sand, hieroglyphes, papyrus, but wood...no wood. They even made boats out of reed. So, for a carpenter to move to Egypt...
Just a note, really. You can look at things on the surface, or go a little deeper...I did. But hey, just read it, and hopefully you'll enjoy it :-)
Still working on the 3rd...slowly........
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