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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Back Roads of Middle Egypt

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, rural, landscape, water

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

Measuring the Nile

December 14, 2024
Tags: cairo, water, river, medieval, quran

All Just a Dream, a Vacuum, a Scheme

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

Fragment of a Parking Lot

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, parking lot, modernity, water, surveillance

Modern Living on the Internet (1)

September 25, 2024
Tags: cairo, development, advertisement, water, facebook, corporations

The Brooks

September 24, 2024
Tags: cairo, development, sign, water, mall, advertisement

New Cairo from Above

September 23, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, development, google earth, nature, water, design

An Open Air Mall

September 22, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, mall, water, river, grass, city

Cairo Flight

August 29, 2024
Tags: cairo, advertisement, water, residences, city

Water Profligacy

August 27, 2024
Tags: Egypt, water, development, park, tree

Come on Home to Green River

August 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, river, water, development, park, mosque

Greening the Desert

August 06, 2024
Tags: Egypt, nation, ecology, plants, Israel, cairo, water

Stuck on the Surface

April 28, 2024
Tags: water, camera, photography, travel, wisconsin
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