Aswan of 2014

   

My Alexandrian Nationality

The Arab Republic of Egypt is conspiring against me to try and take away my Alexandrian nationality. You would say that this is a tall tale as there is no such thing as an "Alexandrian" nationality, but the government seems to think there is one! I'm Egyptian! To parents with national IDs with place of...

Dahshour

I wish I had a decent camera that day!

“Bravery is Not the Absence of Fear

It is rather the ability to operate through the fear... to overcome it. " This is my rendition of some wise man's words. Bravery my friends, much like fear, is in it's entirety a state of mind. A heightened sense of invincibility, a natural high or a drug-induced one. An adrenaline rush that renders your...

Back…

Hallo people, Back from said project at soul-less city. Overall things went well, despite personal reservations on methodology. Dubai in itself is interesting enough. Growing up in a family of engineers and being given the task of arduously photographing the fancy buildings for their digital library I spent the majority of my trip watching the...

Smiles from my days in my city by the sea

Well, since you kind people have been generous enough and have born with me my disappearance days of fun in the sun, I couldn't stop myself from sharing this with you. Over the course of 10 days I've seen this sign on a daily basis and it never ceased to put a smile on my face....

Brussels diaries.. as promised

Day 1 We caught our 4 pm flight to Brussels en route Zurich. We arrived at our final destination 10:00 pm Cairo time. Our adjacent seat was occupied by a swiss gentleman who is a scholar of HIV and other incurable diseases, he was such a charming conversationalist. The inflight movie was "Fun with Dick...