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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Egypt

The New Wonder

January 17, 2026
Tags: Egypt, museum, sign

Snapping Photos of King Tut

January 17, 2026
Tags: Egypt, ancient Egypt, museum, tourism, photography

Golden Shrines

January 17, 2026
Tags: Egypt, museum, ancient Egypt, shrine, death, gold

Look on Me Ye Mighty

January 10, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, Egypt, statue, cairo

Ramses at the Train Station

January 10, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, statue, city, cairo, power, Egypt

Making Hope Visible

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, martyrdom, death, church, statue

Keeping in Mind the Martyrs

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, saint, art, story, martyrdom, church, Coptic

Political Structure of Meaning

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, politics, story, arab spring

Honoring the Common

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, photography, selfie, Coptic

"ISIS Saw Strange Figures"

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, film, martyrdom, Coptic, terrorists

A Church Founded on Martyrs

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, sign, calendar, martyrdom

Relics of Martyrdom

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, relic, martyrdom, things, money, church

Presenting the Martyrs

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, relic, saint

Coffins in the Center

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, church, Coptic, death, worship

The +1 Martyr

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, martyrdom, laborers, migration, africa
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