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Ramadan Karim!

Yıldız Palace, Beşiktaş, Istanbul

In the courtyard of Şehzade Camii (16th century) Vezneciler, İstanbul

Beautiful İznik tiles at Rüstem Paşa Camii (1561), Eminönü

Kadıköy harbour on a February afternoon.

Aziz Istefanos (St. Etienne) Roman Catholic Church in Yeşilköy, Istanbul (1865)

Me at work, exhausted after the long trip home (involving an unplanned stopover in Istanbul) and still entangled in thoughts and impressions from Lebanon

Meet „al-Chef“, proud owner of a food stand in Tripoli’s Tall square

The Mawlawi convent on the banks of Abu Ali river, Tripoli

Dadoland, al-Mina

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Street Art on the two sides of Damaskus street.

Guava

St. Joseph Maronite Church, Borj Hammoud

Jeitawi, East Beirut

Golden evening hours at the Beirut corniche

“When we win, we win. When we lose, we also win.”

Helps you through the Egyptian summer heat: ice-cold Karkadeh

Eating fish in Alexandria

A street dog relaxing in a park in Cairo

Leaving Cairo

Madrasa of Abu al-Hasan (Medersa Mérinide), Salé, 1341 CE

Rabat - Arts and colours

Rabat Médina

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On the occasion of a short stay in London, I read Shady Lewis’ brilliant novel “On the Greenwich Line”, which has been translated from Arabic into English, German and French. I liked it very much as a funny, philosophical and moving portrait of life in the globalised West from the perspective of an Egyptian immigrant in London. The best parts, to

Ramadan is coming (al-Abbasiya, Cairo)

Apartment block, Agouza (Cairo)

Book fair diaries (3):

“The enchanted night of Cairo” (Salah Jahin)

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