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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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Instagram Ready Ramses

January 10, 2026

Power Moves

January 10, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, statue, museum

Sensing a Pyramid Scheme

January 10, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum, architecture, design, pyramid

Where All the Gods Are Going

January 10, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum, cairo

Making Hope Visible

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, martyrdom, death, church, statue

Keeping in Mind the Martyrs

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, saint, art, story, martyrdom, church, Coptic

Political Structure of Meaning

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, politics, story, arab spring

Honoring the Common

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, photography, selfie, Coptic

"ISIS Saw Strange Figures"

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, film, martyrdom, Coptic, terrorists

A Church Founded on Martyrs

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, sign, calendar, martyrdom

Relics of Martyrdom

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, relic, martyrdom, things, money, church

Presenting the Martyrs

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, relic, saint

Coffins in the Center

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, church, Coptic, death, worship

The +1 Martyr

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, martyrdom, laborers, migration, africa

Collective Martyrs

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, church, martyrdom, statue, jesus, saint
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