it's fascinating although I'm almost completely ignorant of it. I've never been southwest of the line drawn between Taba [Egyptian vacation spot close to Israeli Eilat and Jordanian Amman] and Valetta [capital of Malta]

... so I'm not saying the topic is off-limits; however my writing would either be complete fabrication, or involve much more research than creativity. I'm not claiming to be illiterate [not this time, at least!] although investigation alone does not the journalist make, and this isn't ~news either...