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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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books

In the Imam's Office

March 26, 2026
Tags: dearborn, books, office, iran

A Martin Luther Bookstore

February 14, 2026
Tags: finland, books, bookstore, Lutheran

Back in the Old Egyptian Museum

January 11, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum, books, graphic text

Books of the Afterlife

January 11, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum, books, death

The Famous Rapture

August 02, 2025
Tags: Texas, evangelicalism, theology, future, books

One Step to a Future

December 18, 2024
Tags: cairo, university, books, library, education

More Mahfouz

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, novel, bookstore, books, mall, modernity

The Faulty Keys

November 18, 2024
Tags: cairo, books, globalization, city, Israel, gender

Living on Memory

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, books, memory, photography

Cairo Inside Out

November 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, books, photography, place, city

Bookstore on the Square

November 12, 2024
Tags: cairo, bookstore, books, city, business

Seen a Mile Up

October 31, 2024
Tags: cairo, google earth, travel, books, photography

Desert Dreams

October 31, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, desert, development, books, bookstore, university

Keeper of Old Cairo

October 31, 2024
Tags: cairo, bookstore, books, preservation, development, university, education

English Books in Cairo

October 29, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, bookstore, books, university
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