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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Toning Down the Bright Colors

December 11, 2024
Tags: cairo, amusement park, design, globalization

Globally Amusing Ourselves

December 11, 2024
Tags: cairo, globalization, amusement park, TikTok, t-shirts, sign

Dreampark

December 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, amusement park, sign, dream

Worship in Dream and in Truth

December 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, mosque, architecture

Absurd Dream #1

December 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, photography, development, advertisement

Starter Dreams

December 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, house, suburb, wealth

In Dreams Begin More Dreams

December 08, 2024
Tags: cairo, wealth, design, development

Dreamland Next Door

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, development, desert, aesthetic

Fragment of a Parking Lot

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

Universal Arches and Pandas

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, mall, fast-food, modernity

More Mahfouz

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, novel, bookstore, books, mall, modernity

Modern Edge

December 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, mall, globalization, business, individualism

No Mall Photos

December 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, mall, success, people, photography

Mall of Egypt

December 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, mall, development, dubai

West Same as the East

December 04, 2024
Tags: cairo, development, residences, sign, Egypt
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