Written and produced by Omar Etman. Edited by Annie Rosenthal and Lio Wong, with editorial and mixing support from Liza Yeager and Jackson Roach.
Illustration by Aidan Koch · Trailer animated by Haadi
Documentary, Politics
From the audio magazine Signal Hill, Cotton King looks back at Omar Etman’s grandfather, who ran the biggest cotton company in Egypt. It was a workman’s paradise, owned by the people of Egypt. At least, that’s the story his family has always told him.
Signal Hill is an independent, listener-funded, nonprofit publication.
