There has been a surge of high quality photographers in Egypt and many of them are sharing their work on Instagram. I started with a list of 50 Egyptian photographers on Instagram and edited it to 15 that I feel have something special to say about Egypt and the world through their photography. It’s just […]
Sinai Trail
The Sinai Trail has been in development since 2014 and is now ready to walk. Egypt’s first long distance public hiking trail and one of a number of new hiking trails being built across the Middle East. Beginning by the Gulf of Aqaba and ending in the highlands of St Katherine – on Mount Sinai […]
Fancy Pigeons
Fancy Pigeon Portraits “Pigeons are rats with wings” is a common sentiment in the US but they are an art form for the pigeon fanciers of Cairo. There are a variety of fancy pigeon breeders in Cairo. I talked my way up to one of the ubiquitous wood slat roosts that are visible across the […]
Mahraganat Music
Through the warren of Cairo’s unplanned neighborhoods, mahraganat (festival) music blasts from tuk-tuks, cigarette stalls and cranked up cellphone speakers; auto-tuned voices mixing with heavy electronic rap beats. The sound quality is low and the lyrics are unmistakably vulgar. Egyptians can’t get enough. Sha’abi music (literally translating to the music of the ‘poor’) is the […]
Modern Miracles
Modern Miracles While working on news stories in Egypt I heard other stories of modern miracles that intrigued me, so I started keeping a list. The list grew to about 50 miracles, interventions in the physical world, or blessed locations. Over about 6 years I tracked down these stories to their sources and made photographs […]
Ramadan Lanterns in Cairo, Egypt
One of the many Ramadan traditions, especially in Egypt, is Ramadan lanterns. You can see them in front of homes and businesses, large ones are hung across streets, often designed with some local flare. This is a selection of photos about the workshops where Ramadan lanterns are still made around Cairo. Old Ramadan lanterns hang […]