Lucy Seton-Watson

Lucy Seton-Watson (London, England, 23 March 1959--) is a British cultural observer.

Early life
The daughter of the historian Hugh Seton-Watson and the granddaughter of the activist R. W. Seton-Watson, Seton-Watson was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

London
After working at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Seton-Watson became editor of International Affairs, Britain's leading foreign-policy journal, and worked to promote British and international understanding of the changes then underway in Eastern Europe as the Soviet Union neared its end.

Cairo
Disappointed by Europe and following in the steps of her grandfather, who had explored Europe's "other" in the years before the First World War, and of her father, who had worked for British special forces in Egypt during the Second World War, Seton-Watson retired left England for Cairo in 1992. After a brief involvement with Egypt's Coptic community, she taught in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the American University in Cairo until 1997, where she worked on the historical development of the Darb al-ahmar. After resigning from her post at the American University, Seton-Watson devoted herself to the cause of intercultural understanding as an active member of the community of the British International School in Cairo until her departure for Denmark in 2007.