Photo Essays of Egypt

Taken with iPhone and a Nikon FM2 film camera.

ST SAMAAN’S MONASTERY

St Samaan’s Monastery, of Simon the shoemaker, who lived toward the end of the 10th century, and who was chosen to move Moqattam mountain.

MOUNT MOUSSA

Mount Moses, the sacred mountain where Moses spoke to God.

CHILDREN OF THE ALLEY: A SERIES

A photo story of the alleys of Mokattam and the generational families that live there.

THE BOYS AND THEIR DONKEYS 

These boys had come all the way to where the hot air balloon had just landed, just to catch a glimpse of some strange looking people.

MOSQUES IN CAIRO

Cairo, the City of a Thousand Minarets.

GULLIVER TRAVELS INTO CAIRO

Just like Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver Travels”, the things a traveler sees on his or her way may seem peculiar.

THE RED SEA

In Ain Hurghada, Sokhna, by the beautiful Red Sea.

CAIRO GEMS

Puzzle pieces that together comprise of the gem that is Cairo.

THE GLORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT

The capital of Upper Egypt during the New Kingdom, the City of Amun, often thought of to hold a third of the World’s Monuments, Luxor is almost inconceivably rich in its history.

SPACE ODYSSEY

Pictures of some of the ancient sites and temples of Luxor, Egypt.

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