EMILY RICHARDSON was born in Sydney, Australia and several years later moved a few hours west where she was raised on the family farm. After receiving a degree in journalism, Emily set off to see what was going on across the other side of the world, living and working for several years in London and Los Angeles and travelling through an assortment of countries. Along the way, she stumbled upon Cairo, where life tasted and felt somehow different. Enamoured, she stayed to work and study Arabic. While there, she met her Egyptian husband. Along with their two sons, they live primarily on the east coast of Australia and quite often in Cairo.