All posts tagged "egyptian history"

A young Egyptian boy passes by his father’s bazaar in el-Sayeda Zeinab. The past is within reach,...

Bronze refracts the sunset, and the lions glare forward into Cairene traffic. Lovers stand hand in hand...

In the era of digital communication, social media, emails, and phone calls rule our day-to-day dialogues. In...

Looming over Paris is the oldest monument in France: one of two Luxor obelisks meant to stand...

Salt levels the upper lip, and a pale Alexandrian sky sits over Fouad Street. A statue of...

Currents of smoke rise into Cairo, and a fire that begins in the heart expands into the...

Egypt is a mosaic of history: refined and kaleidoscopic, deliberate in its culture and enduring in its...

Coasting the sea, the Montaza Palaces rip into the sky; the wind is unshackled, swells of greenery...

Mornings are riper in Aleppo; vibrant with the afterglow of victory. Baybars basks in it, but remains...

Napoleon slams a hand down, rattling ink bottles and challenging the conviction of his lieutenants. Word has...

Very few have not heard of them, for the Mamlūks are a daunting, elusive non-elite that demarcated...

“Rumors flew thick and fast among the Egyptians that the French were going to raise a giant,...

The Fortress of Babylon echoes with memory; limestone and mudbrick lock together, footsteps wander narrow halls, and...

The engineer of Egyptian modernity was not Egyptian – he was Ottoman. Muhammed Ali is a prolific...

A signature blend of cotton, wool, and culture is embodied in the jalabiya—a gown-like kaftan that has...

The night is claustrophobic, and the king lay dead in his bed. French Crusaders are a volatile...

To veteran-sleuths and skeptics alike, Atlantis is a well-worn—arguably worn-out—name. Across centuries, it has come to embody...