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The American University in Cairo

From July 2004 to July 2005, I lived in the City Victorious, The Mother of the World, Al-Qahira, Cairo. On leave from my usual position at Augusta State University, I taught sociology and anthropology at the American University of Cairo.

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The American University in Cairo

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  1. From July 2004 to July 2005, I lived in the City Victorious, The Mother of the World, Al-Qahira, Cairo. On leave from my usual position at Augusta State University, I taught sociology and anthropology at the American University of Cairo. The photographs that follow are traces of a love story, of my enchantment by Cairo and by Egypt and by the Cairenes and other Egyptians who welcomed me.

  2. The American University in Cairo

  3. AUC AUC, main campus

  4. AUC Campus

  5. Greek Campus, AUC

  6. Garden City This neighborhood, a short walk from AUC and a block from the Nile, was my Cairo home.

  7. Garden City

  8. 19, Gamal el Din Abou el Mohassen

  9. Flat 34

  10. West Bank, Cairo

  11. From al Aqsunqur (the Blue Mosque), Cairo

  12. Cairo, from Al-Azhar Park

  13. Giza from Downtown

  14. Khufu (Cheops), from El Giza

  15. Giza

  16. Just south of Cairo

  17. Looking North, towards Cairo

  18. Near Dashur

  19. West Bank, Luxor

  20. The Nile at dusk at Luxor

  21. Cairo Intersection

  22. Shari’a Mahmoud

  23. Khan al-Khalili

  24. Midan al-Husain

  25. Al Ghouri Mosque-Madrassa Shari’a Al Muizz el Din Allah

  26. Near Khan al Khalili

  27. Near Khan al Khalili

  28. Bab Zuweyla

  29. Near Bab Zuweyla, Cairo

  30. Shopping, Cairo

  31. Near Bab Zuweyla, Cairo

  32. The Gift of Water

  33. Cairo

  34. Khan al-Khalili

  35. Bab Zuweyla, Cairo Bab Zuweyla, Cairo

  36. Bab Zuweyla, Cairo

  37. Street of the Tentmakers, Cairo

  38. Street of the Tentmakers

  39. Islamic Cairo

  40. Hanging Church, Coptic Cairo

  41. Hanging Church

  42. Mashribeyya, Cairo

  43. Islamic Cairo

  44. Wikla, Cairo

  45. From Ibn Tulun, Cairo

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