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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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The Faulty Keys

November 18, 2024
Tags: cairo, books, globalization, city, Israel, gender

The Political Code

November 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, politics, symbols, sign, markets, Egypt

The Traffic Argument

November 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, traffic, infrastructure, cars, street scene, city

No One Here Gets Ahead

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, money, economy

No Staging Ground

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, class, city, building, poverty

Further into Cairo

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, street scene, people, city, markets

Living on Memory

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, books, memory, photography

Cairo Inside Out

November 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, books, photography, place, city

The Cultural Salon

November 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, restaurant, novel, Egypt, Nobel Prize

The Vantage of a Cold Beer

November 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, history, restaurant, memory

Cafe Riche

November 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, restaurant, alcohol, memory

Bookstore on the Square

November 12, 2024
Tags: cairo, bookstore, books, city, business

Talaat Harb Square

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

Paris on the Nile

November 12, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, google earth, Paris, 19th century

Other Green Spaces

November 11, 2024
Tags: cairo, park, tree, street scene, city, Egypt
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