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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Happy Place

February 21, 2026
Tags: finland, tourism, happiness, sign, nation, christianity, jesus

Stone and National Ideals

February 15, 2026
Tags: finland, nation, stone, house, vacation

War Dead + Bible

February 12, 2026
Tags: finland, plaques, world war 2, bible, nation

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

At the Train Station

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

Talaat Harb Square

November 12, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, street scene, statue, business, nation

Olea Europea

November 08, 2024
Tags: Egypt, ancient Egypt, nation, identity, tree

Writing the Square

November 05, 2024
Tags: cairo, memorial, memory, history, protest, nation, power

Building a Mosque in Egypt

September 23, 2024
Tags: Egypt, development, city, mosque, nation

A Hot Minute at the Mall

September 22, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, clothing, fundamentalism, nation, globalization, mall

The Trap of Bigness

September 10, 2024
Tags: Egypt, nation, power, church, Coptic

Christmas Eve in the Cathedral

September 03, 2024
Tags: Egypt, nation, Christmas, church, Coptic

Egypt's Language of Love

September 01, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, church, nation, christianity, construction

I ❤️ the New Capital

August 30, 2024
Tags: cairo, construction, skyscraper, sign, nation, Egypt
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