Torsten Kjellstrand

Mr. Shukankiri, left, buys every grain of wheat that comes into Egypt, often playing supplier nations against each other to get a lower price. Tom Mick works in the Spokane office of the Washington Wheat Commission, trying to secure wheat contracts with our foreign markets. After a social dinner of seafood in the Cairo neighborhood of Shakankiri's childhood, the two sit in Mr. Shukankiri's car and try to make a deal. Torsten Kjellstrand