Author:
Scott Smith
Is It Safe to Travel to Muslim Countries?
In 2001, I was assigned by Porthole to review a Nile cruise in November. I approached EgyptAir about getting a press discount and was turned down. “We’ve had free publicity for 5,000 years, so why should we pay for it?” responded an official.
Then 9/11 happened and my editor said to pick any country that didn’t have a Muslim majority population, since ...
