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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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The People of Cairo

November 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, people, street scene, Egypt, city, river

Returns to Memory

November 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, personal, university, education, war

Once upon an Oasis

November 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, university, city, personal

Surviving Protest Mural

November 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, mural, graffiti, city, protest

Institutions on the Nile

November 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, google earth, city

Olea Europea

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

Olive Tree Barriers

November 08, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, protest, tree, security, museum

Writing the Square

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

Tahrir Square Now

November 05, 2024
Tags: cairo, monunent, memorial, memory, security

That Egyptian Revolution

November 05, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, protest, photography, public space, personal

The Square and Its Museum

November 04, 2024
Tags: cairo, traffic, taxi, museum, public space

Back in the Day

November 04, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, advertisement, personal, cars, traffic

The Past from New Cairo

November 04, 2024
Tags: cairo, university, memorial, memory, public art, protest

Photos as Pixels

November 03, 2024
Tags: cairo, protest, Egypt, public art, interpretation

Celebrating Tahrir

November 03, 2024
Tags: cairo, public art, memory, protest, university
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