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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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Do, do, do, lookin’ out my back door..

What I’m reading,
Nov & Dec 2024:

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Mosques and People Moving

August 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, mosque, islam, worship, parking lot

Common Street

December 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, road, city, islam, mosque, development

Way Too Much

October 23, 2022
Tags: Paris, islam, art, museum

Again the Magic Lamp

October 20, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, souvenirs, islam

Pope Francis Too

October 18, 2022
Tags: dubai, catholic, islam, mosque, pope, leadership

What's Religious Here?

October 18, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, islam, globalization, design, photography, selfie

A Golden Mihrab

October 18, 2022
Tags: dubai, wealth, arabic, design, mosque, islam

Paradise is Green and Gold

October 14, 2022
Tags: syria, damascus, mosque, mosaic, nature, islam, architecture, identity

As It Always Was?

October 14, 2022
Tags: syria, mosque, mosaic, photography, islam, history, design

Worship in the Time of Climate Change

October 13, 2022
Tags: dubai, climate change, nature, design, mosque, islam

Meant to Be Seen

October 09, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, tourism, wealth, islam

The Shrine Glow

September 20, 2022
Tags: Egypt, shrine, fundamentalism, islam, sacred space, place

Signifiers for the Dead

September 20, 2022
Tags: cairo, architecture, tomb, death, islam

Orthodoxy Reminders

September 18, 2022
Tags: Egypt, Mecca, prayer, islam, hotel

Passions Like Mine

September 17, 2022
Tags: Egypt, people, class, travel, clothing, mosque, islam
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