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Farewell, Mark Campbell

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Farewell, Mark Campbell

By Dan Perry

I met Mark Campbell about a decade ago in Cairo, in the kind of bar that only Cairo can produce. Pub 28 was a dive with an air of faded charm, all cigarette smoke and deals for the best tables and the hint of something illicit going on. It was Mark’s favorite place, or one of them. He had returned to Cairo, where he had lived before, to prospect for gol…

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