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Appleton close to the shortest day of the year..

What I’m reading,
Nov & Dec 2024:

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How We Imagine Egypt

December 21, 2024
Tags: cairo, modernity, river, water, nation, Egypt

Gift of the Nile

December 21, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, river, nation, water

That Cairo Tower

December 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, river, skyscraper, city, Cold War

Building the Empty Crescent

December 15, 2024
Tags: ancient Egypt, river, palace, city, archeology

Measuring the Nile

December 14, 2024
Tags: cairo, water, river, medieval, quran

All Just a Dream, a Vacuum, a Scheme

December 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, desert, development, river, water

The Blue Squiggly Nile

December 11, 2024
Tags: cairo, river, map, desert, city

Abandoning the Nile

December 01, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, river, development, city

Cairo and the Nile

November 19, 2024
Tags: cairo, river, city, colonialism

The People of Cairo

November 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, people, street scene, Egypt, city, river

An Open Air Mall

September 22, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, mall, water, river, grass, city

Snake in the Sand

August 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, development, google earth, river, park, mosque, city

Come on Home to Green River

August 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, river, water, development, park, mosque

The Modern Priorities

June 18, 2022
Tags: cairo, river, modernity, hotel, nation, skyscraper, bridges, dam

Siting Monuments

December 30, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, landscape, river, Native Americans, American West
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