Photo Essay: Sailing on the Nile

Walking along the bank of Nile in Luxor or Aswan, you would be asked a hundredth time a day if you want to ride a felucca, the traditional wooden single-mast sailing boat, which is still commonly used in upper Egypt and Sudan. Powered by the wind, feluccas glide graciously in a zig-zagging way across the [...]

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The Quest for Fair Price

At times, I take pictures of empty shops and houses in Egypt, to avoid the hassle of being asked for money for photo shoot. “Too much cheating here, worse than India!” this is a line often repeated by backpackers we met while traveling in Egypt. In the first two weeks of our stay in the [...]

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