Cairo http://aelfwine.net/egypt through the works of Naguib Mahfouz and Ali Ahmed Sa'id Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:21:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en Introduction http://aelfwine.net/egypt/?p=11 http://aelfwine.net/egypt/?p=11#comments Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:41:34 +0000 eriol http://aelfwine.net/egypt/?p=11 In the summer of 2007 I travelled to Cairo, Egypt, to study Arabic and conduct a photographic study of the city as inspired by the writings of Naguib Mahfouz and Ali Ahmed Sa’id. This website presents the resulting report, “Cairo: through the works of Naguib Mahfouz and Ali Ahmed Sa’id” as well as an additional section containing selected photographs that, to me, showcase parts of the lifestyle and culture of the Egypt I saw.

This project was generously sponsored by the President’s Discretionary Award for the Middle East, Harvard University.

All photographs are copyright, Xiang Ling Yap 2007. Please ask for permission before reusing.

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Acknowledgments

Xiang Ling Yap
Cambridge, Massachusetts
June 2007

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