I should have responded to this earlier, but I only just noticed it. Next time you're going to say something like this eight months after a post, you might want to PM me to make sure I get it.

This story is not fake, nor are any stories I post here. Occasionally I fiddle with details to make them more readable, but I do not make things up wholesale.

Here is a blog post from my trip to Cairo in which I mention meeting this woman. Upon request I can give you the names of people who frequently read my blog and can confirm this has been in there since 2008 and was not recently edited in to provide backstory.

Here is a picture of me very obviously in Egypt. Several people on this site have met me in person and can confirm that's me in the picture (Alicorn, for example). Although in principle it could be photoshopped, it would be hard to get that exact camel-riding position, or that exact face of grimacing discomfort you get when you are on a smelly and ill-tempered animal in 105 degree heat. I regret I don't have any pictures of me with the Muslim woman in question, but this should at least establish the premise of the story.