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After graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Brett began his songwriting and career as a musician in bands in Texas, before further honing his writing skills when he moved to Nashville and later New York, where he won three of ASCAP’s songwriting competitions including — the Demo to Deal, Advanced Songwriter Workshop, and the ASCAP Mentorship Program. He now makes his home in Los Angeles with his wife, son, and two dogs, all of whom can be heard on projects from time to time. He makes a hobby of quoting 1980’s films, hiking, mountain climbing, and kickboxing.The army has sought to impose a tight seal on the area near the city of Sheikh Zuwaid, where the attacks occurred. In the last few months, it has resorted to destroying hundreds of homes near the border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in an attempt to restrict access to smuggling tunnels that might aid the militants.

Yet attacks on security forces have persisted. An assault on a military checkpoint in the area in October killed more than 30 soldiers and set off a hunt for what the Egyptian authorities believed was an army insider who had given the attackers information about troop movements. In January, a wave of several coordinated bombings across the region killed 44 people, according to reports in the Egyptian state news media.

Since January, however,