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Appleton close to the shortest day of the year..

What I’m reading,
Nov & Dec 2024:

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Egypt

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

The Hollowed Center

December 17, 2024
Tags: cairo, view, city, Egypt

All Just a Dream, a Vacuum, a Scheme

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

Dreamland Next Door

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, development, desert, aesthetic

West Same as the East

December 04, 2024
Tags: cairo, development, residences, sign, Egypt

Mixed Experience

December 04, 2024
Tags: Egypt, travel, pyramid, modernity

The Aimlessness of Egypt

December 03, 2024
Tags: cairo, desert, development, motorcycle, Egypt

Tech Elsewhere

December 02, 2024
Tags: seattle, Egypt, technology, city

Abandoning the Nile

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

The Coming Hotels

November 30, 2024
Tags: cairo, hotel, development, Egypt, airport

At the Train Station

November 29, 2024
Tags: cairo, public art, public space, nation, Egypt, ancient Egypt, railway

A King to Remember

November 24, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, statue, museum, people

The Egyptian Museum

November 20, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, ancient Egypt, museum, art, colonialism

The Political Code

November 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, politics, symbols, sign, markets, Egypt
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