L is for Luscious Lemon Juice

Yes, another post of one of my favorite summer refreshments – lemon juice! This glass is definitely in more of a traditional Cairo setting than my last lemon juice photo, which had more… Continue reading →

A is for Airport Advertisements

My recent summertime travels meant spending several hours at the Cairo International Airport. We were lucky enough to spend many of those hours in the new Terminal 3, which is just beautiful and… Continue reading →

F is for Fakahani

Fakahani (فكهاني) is the Arabic word for “fruit vendor”. This stall in Ma’adi had your typical selection of summer fruits – guavas, apples, peaches, oranges, mangoes, melons, bananas, watermelon, grapes and figs. Most… Continue reading →

Weaving at Wissa Wassef

One of the weavers at The Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre in Harrania, a village near the Giza pyramids. There, Ramses Wissa Wassef, architect, designer, potter and weaver, set up a tapestry workshop… Continue reading →

K: Kids

Kids! The human kind, not the goat kind. 😉 It’s difficult to go out with your camera in Egypt and not have the little ones demand their photos to be taken! These young… Continue reading →

B: Buildings

This is a pretty typical example of the newer apartment buildings in Degla, Ma’adi – constructed sometime in the past 10 years or so. This building is located on Road 199, a street… Continue reading →

T: Taxis

A typical street scene in Cairo – a driver and his taxi waiting for a passenger! Black and white are the usual colors of Cairo cabs…but if you look behind this taxi, you’ll… Continue reading →

K: Kiosk or Kushk

Your one-stop shop for cigarettes and snacks – a kiosk, or kushk as it’s called in Arabic. You’ll find these small shops on numerous street corners in Cairo and other cities in Egypt. … Continue reading →

Q: Quilters

One of the friendly quilters working on Shar-reh il Khy-ya-mayya, or Tentmakers’ Street, who generously posed for pictures for my book. I dream of one day ordering one of his gorgeous colorful quilts… Continue reading →

A: Al Azhar Park

A is for Al Azhar Park If you haven’t visited Al Azhar Park, I highly recommend taking an afternoon stroll through this gorgeous garden! Every time I have visited, I have been impressed… Continue reading →