The day was February 11, 2011. About an hour before Friday prayers began, while walking through Cairo’s crowded Tahrir Square, a man named Mahdy grabbed the sleeve of my shirt and said, “Hey, where you from?” He had a beard (that’s him in the center of the photo), a thundering voice, and when I said […]
Celebrating Ten Years Of Traveling With A Camera
This autumn marks the 10th anniversary of my first investment in a camera, and the first trip I made with it, which was to the West Bank. Also, this year marks the 20th anniversary of my first ever trip to Israel and the West Bank, which I did with a group of friends and fellow students […]
How A Hitchhiker Answered A Prayer In The Jordan Valley
It’s not everyday that you stand on the side of a highway, a car pulls over, you get in, and moments later the driver says you’re an answer to prayer. It was November 5, 2010, and up until this car stopped, the day had been full of disappointments. I had left Jerusalem that morning and […]
Constant Change In Cairo, Egypt (And Elsewhere)
If you are looking for Egyptian antiques in Cairo – and by antique I mean something from around fifty or one hundred years ago, not something from King Ramses’ bedstand in 1292 B.C. – you can find an array of items among the shops like the one above near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar. Egypt has […]
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