Passport Please

Part 2 of a 4 part series for Makeshift Magazine on bribes.

"Need a visa processed? You’ll pay extra or twiddle your thumbs, especially at Mogamma, a terrifying maze of a building in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, with endless rooms and hardly a single computer. In the confusion of paper files, documents tend to suddenly evaporate. Clerks are happy to hunt down your passport—that is, if you explain, “Oh, well, I’m in a great hurry,” and hand over some cash." — Amanda Mustard