Video: Cairo Pigeon Market – Souq Hamam
I have been working more and more with video for others. This is the first video that I have shot and edited myself. I started going to the pigeon market almost every weekend for a month meeting friends and learning about the lifestyle that surrounds the pigeons. Every Friday the pigeon fanciers of Cairo gather [...]
Tanta Mawlid, The Festival of Seyyid Badawi
The festival of Seyyid Badawi (Ahmad al-Badawi) is one of the largest annual gatherings in Egypt, drawing pilgrims from throughout the Middle East and doubling the size of the town, located in the Nile delta. The week-long celebration encompasses the birthday of Sufi Saint Seyyid Badawi, the celebration of the harvest, and a carnival atmosphere. [...]
Cairo Puppet Theater – Master of the Marionettes
Today I stumbled upon an interesting story that I’m sure I will return to. Ahmed Na’eem, builds and designs marionettes in a small workshop crammed under one of the Cairo’s main high-ways. It’s a skill that he acquired working in puppet theaters and through formal training in London. Now he helps teach new marionette makers [...]
Centralized call to prayer in Cairo, Egypt
Sheikh Antar gives the call to prayer, also known as the adhan or azzan at a mosque in Khan El-Khalili Cairo on the last day before Ramadan. According to official statements adzan’s like this throughout Cairo will be replaced by a pre-recorded call to prayer from a central broadcasting system. The first conversion is scheduled [...]
Zar performed at Makan
Almost every wednesday a group of singers and performers gather for a Zar at a small club called in Cairo. The group was formed as an attempt to save the dying ritual. Zār or Zaar (زار) is a pagan religious custom, apparently originating in central Ethiopia during the eighteenth century, later spreading throughout East and [...]
Cairo Exit, making of the movie
As Cairo Exit has continued to make headlines as it Premier’s in Dubai these, and many more photos from the filming of Cairo Exit are still unpublished and available. Contact me at the email below. Jeffrey Fleishman first wrote about “Cairo Exit” the movie, in the LATimes, and I stumbled across it in my Egyptian [...]
Egypt Life
A collection of images from around Egypt that stood out as representing interesting pieces of life.
Mississippi Delta
Clarksdale Mississippi wants to be known as the birthplace of the blues but the ghost of legal segregation are still visible in a complex defacto segregation. The public and private school are split along racial lines. The country club is all white and the neighborhoods are resegregating as rich white residents move into tax haven [...]
