The next morning Salahadin went with Leila and Fuad to the Cairo Museum. They took the Black Cat with them. They met a friend called Faisal who worked in the museum.
Salahadin gave the Black Cat to Faisal and told him the story.
“It looks old.” said Faisal, “and perhaps it’s valuable. But I don’t know about the gold and diamonds. I’ll have to look at it carefully.”
Salahadin, Leila and Fuad, went and had Continue reading
Salahadin took the first train from Venice to Rome. The next morning he was on a plane to Cairo. The plane was late and he did not arrive until after ten o’clock in the morning.
The sun was high in the sky and it was getting hotter and hotter. Salahadin felt better. He preffered the heat of Cairo to the cold deck of “The Syria”.
He took a taxi to his flat. There was a surprise waiting for him. Leila and Fuad where there. Fuad explained.
“We arrived Continue reading
It was now after seven o’clock in the evening. The train from Cairo had arrived at Alexandria at half pas two. Perhaps Pearson’s murderer was already on a boat to Beirut.
“We must phone Alexandria,” said Salahadin to Ahmed.
Salahadin picked up the telephone. He asked for the police at the docks in Alexandria. After about ten minutes, the telephone rang. It was the call to Alexandria.
“This is Salahadin El Nur speaking. I’m a police Continue reading
Salahadin was sitting in his office with his coat off. It was the month of May in Cairo and it was very hot. Salahadin stood up and turned on the fan. He was a young man, only twenty-eight years old. He was not very tall and quite thin. His black hair was cut very short.
Salahadin’s office was in the centre of Cairo. It was in a large building behind the Nile Hilton. It was a small office and Salahadin’s name was not on the door. Not many people knew that he was a Continue reading
The Black Cat
The main character in this story is called Salahadin.
He is an inspector in the Egyptian police. His job is to protect Egyptian antiquities. Antiquity is something which is very old
There are many antiquities in Egypt. Most of them are valuable. Many of them are in museums in Cairo or in Europe. But there are many others which have not yet been found. These Antiquities are buried under the sands, in tombs or in Continue reading