Portrait of Wael Ghonim
Wael Ghonim is an Internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship. He recently published a book “Revolution 2.0″.
Portraits of Egypt’s Fancy Pigeons
The majority of these portraits are thanks to Moustafa and Mohamad Hassan who raise some amazingly beautiful birds at Venus Loft. Their knowledge and collection have really helped me understand the current state of the hobby in Egypt. Related works: A Photo-essay on neighborhood pigeon wars | A short film on Cairo’s pigeon market. I created [...]
Esraa Abdelfattah
Esraa Abdelfattah ( Israa Abdel Fattah, اسراء عبد الفتاح ) one of the founding members of the April 6th movement stand outside her office at the Egyptian Democratic Academy. Esraa co-founded April 6 Youth Movement Egypt in 2008, a Facebook group to support the workers in El-Mahalla El-Kubra who were planning to strike on April [...]
Mohamed Elbaradei Portrait
Portrait of Mohamed Elbaradei, an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. ElBaradei was also an important figure in the 2011 Egyptian revolution which ousted the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Khaled Mashal, Portrait of Hamas
Khaled Mashal is the leader of Hamas since 2004 and leads the Syrian branch of the political bureau of Hamas. On Wednesday Fatah and Hamas agreed to endorse a reconciliation accord to mend a bitter and at times violent division. The deal was brokered by Egypt and calls for the formation of a joint interim [...]
Portrait of Amr Moussa
Portraits of Amr Moussa durring an interview. Amr Mohammed Moussa (عمرو محمد موسى) is an Egyptian diplomat. He has been the Secretary-General of the Arab League and is one of the few declared candidates for the upcoming presidential elections in Egypt.
Mohamed Elbaradei Photo
The Egyptian born former head of the IAEA and current political activist, Mohammed El Baradei gave an interview to a select few print journalists at his suburban Cairo villa.
Mascara, an original Egyptian hardcore band
Sherine Amr, and Nancy Mounir, are the two current members of Mascara, a hard core yet melodic band with roots in Alexandria, Egypt. They have both moved to Cairo and are reforming their band, starting with session members to help in studio recordings and eventually returning to the international stage. The all girls band name Mascara, [...]
Portrait of a Travel Executive
This summer I worked with Backpacker’s Concierge to help with their rebranding of travel services in Egypt and Jordan. Their new services and photos have been gaining press so the CEO needed a new portrait with a feel of the middle east and Egypt. We took an afternoon and jetted around Cairo. Here are a [...]
