Where have all the [Egyptian writers] gone?

One would think a vivid locale would demand some vivid prose. And Cairo/Egpyt authors tend to deliver - in their own unique Anglo-Saxon ways. That's not to knock some the the brilliant writing that has emanated from the confluence of wordsmiths and the Nile. But it's troubling that all of the non-fiction writing about Cairo/Egypt I can find is authored by foreign correspondents and Western experts.

It could be that authors with Arabic as a mother tongue write about their homeland in, well, Arabic. It could also be that I haven't done enough research. Either way, it's still odd.