The Friday Photo: Red Sea of Tranquillity
If there’s one thing that’s typical of a Dahab evening, it’s this. Sitting on cushions, looking out over the Red Sea… At least one cat...
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Friday Photo Essay: Lebanon Flowers
In spring and summer Lebanon flowers. The countryside bursts into bloom. There are flowers in the ruins, flowers on the razorwire, flowers in the souks…...
The Friday Photo: Bedouin Girl
This is Anoud, 2, with her great-grandfather, Mohammed, 93, looking at a picture of him in his British Army uniform from World War II. They...
Photo Essay: Market Day in a Small Egyptian Town
On market day the little Nileside town of Daraw comes alive in a chaos of stalls and traffic. Nubian men in pristine robes squeeze their...
The Friday Photo: HOW Many Camels?
The little town of Daraw is famous for its weekend camel market. It was just an ordinary market day when we visited while sailing a...
The Friday Photo: Texting on Mount Sinai
This is a timeless scene. A Bedouin man in traditional scarf and djellaba reclines in the sun on the top of Mount Sinai, the place...
Photo Essay: The Sinai Desert
The Sinai desert is a place of many colours. The green palms of desert oases; the rich gold wind-rippled peaks of sand dunes. The wasteland...
The Friday Photo: Bedouin Man, Sinai
Eid is 35, but looks older. As a child he worked in the Sinai desert, tending the family’s goats as they migrated in search of...
The Friday Photo: On the Roof in Dahab, Egypt
It’s been ten years since we last visited Dahab. And, though it was firmly on the banana pancake trail back then, the miasma of hippie...
The Friday Photo: Rice Terraces
This time next week we’ll be in the Middle East, landscapes of deserts, river, rock and mountain. But rice terraces form some of the loveliest...