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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:

Assessing a Mosque

August 05, 2024

Tags: Egypt, mosque, design, quran, beauty, nation

Watch the Throne

August 05, 2024

Tags: Egypt, power, cairo, mosque, design, quran, arabic, worship

Just One Mega Mosque

August 05, 2024

Tags: Egypt, cairo, mosque, development, city

Worship in Heliopolis

August 04, 2024

Tags: cairo, development, mosque, postcards, city, design

A Visual Program of Mosques

August 04, 2024

Tags: cairo, Egypt, mosque, desert, city, leadership, design, development

Capital Theory

August 03, 2024

Tags: cairo, Egypt, development, wealth, residences, economics, corporations

Ghost Cities of the Future

August 03, 2024

Tags: cairo, Egypt, city, residences, development

Work in the Shadows

August 03, 2024

Tags: cairo, Egypt, laborers, construction, development, poverty

Your City Paradigm

August 02, 2024

Tags: cairo, Egypt, dubai, city, development, public transportation

Speculation and Transportation

August 02, 2024

Tags: cairo, transportation, corporations, development, city, museum

Monorail Rising

August 02, 2024

Tags: cairo, corporations, public transportation, railway, city, globalization

New City Gates

August 02, 2024

Tags: cairo, construction, gate, street scene, cars, city, Egypt, nation, power

The Megaproject Enthusiast

July 30, 2024

Tags: Egypt, development, sign, corporations, construction, desert

The Desert Capital

July 30, 2024

Tags: Egypt, cairo, city, nation, development

Global Pleasures

July 22, 2024

Tags: cairo, globalization, capitalism, architecture, colonialism

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