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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Bedouin

Ibex and Home

December 15, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, nomads, Bedouin, graffiti, rock art
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Petrie on Bedouin Life in the Sinai

December 18, 2017
Tags: Bedouin, books, orientalism, middle east
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People Who Guide Us

December 18, 2017
Tags: guide, travel, pilgrimage, Egypt, Bedouin, people
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Strangers in a Strange Land

December 14, 2017
Tags: ancient Egypt, temple, Bedouin

Spiritual Wealth in the Emptiness

December 10, 2017
Tags: desert, Egypt, christianity, monastery, Bedouin, garden, fortress
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Camel Riding and Extremism

December 09, 2017
Tags: desert, Egypt, tourism, Bedouin, oasis, animals
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Inside the Shrine

December 08, 2017
Tags: desert, Bedouin, Egypt, shrine, islam, quran
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The Tomb of a Sheikh

December 08, 2017
Tags: desert, Egypt, tomb, islam, shrine, Bedouin
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Bedouin Camps

December 08, 2017
Tags: desert, Egypt, Bedouin, cars, border, nomads