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Diving in Marsa Alam
The Red Sea, one of the world’s premier diving destinations, can be reached from Europe by cheap charter flights. The climate is tropical; prices are reasonable. Unfortunately, the most popular resort areas, are also overrun with tourists, the reefs teeming with as many divers as fish. Marsa Alam is farther south, the newcomer on the scene, still offering the serenity and solitude lost by its neighbors to the north. This was a piece for the NY Times Travel section
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Spirituality tours in Egypt
New Age-style sacred travel, or metaphysical touring, is a growing branch of tourism, particularly in countries like Egypt with strong ancient-civilization pedigrees. Tourists with an adventuresome spiritual focus — predominantly middle-aged, upper middle class and female — come together to improve themselves and the world, as this group, lead by Shari Billger intended. Their ideas are best understood as an extreme on the continuum that includes yoga, tarot and astrology, and the rituals they perform at sites deemed sacred can vary widely.
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Mukhtar Mai
Mukhtar Mai was raped by men in her village in order to redeem the honor of her family for a relationship her brother had with another woman. Instead of killing herself afterwards which would have been the 'honorable' thing to do, she sued the Pakistani government for the rape, won, and took the money to start schools for boys and girls in her village as well as a crisis center for women.
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FGM free villages
FGM is a practice that dates back over two thousand years in Egypt and is widely practiced in all levels of society for Muslims and Christians alike. This photo essay was done in a village that is an FGM-free zone where UNICEF feels through education they have eradicated the practice here.
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Camel Market
Every Friday, camel sellers come from places as far as the Sudan, Libya and Somalia to sell their camels at Cairo's famous camel market.
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The White&Black Deserts
The White and Black Deserts are located 600km outside of Cairo near the Bahariyya Oasis. The Black Desert is littered with fossils, black pyrite rock and petrified wood. The White Desert is composed of large white chalk formations that have been exposed for years to what geologists call "differential weathering": the erosion of soft particles that results in eerie protrusions of hard rock that make one feel like they are on another planet.
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Belly dancing
Belly dancing is a Western name for a style of dance developed in the Middle East and other Arabic-influenced areas. Also called oriental dancing, this art is a big attraction for the region. Not only are there many belly dancers living and working in Egypt, but each year there are numerous conferences where women come by the thousands from all over the world to learn from the most famous dancers and teachers.
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Protests in Egypt
Over the past few years there have been many protests in Egypt. These protests have mainly centered on two issues: demanding the removal of President Mubarak, and asking for governmental support for the Palestinian and Lebanese people.
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Soccer
Pictures from the African Nations Cup in Cairo from January 20 - February 10, 2006
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Violence in Egypt
During the Parliamentary elections in Egypt last year the government, in order to show their strength, cracked down on some voting sites. They prevented people from voting, sometimes with the use of tear gas and rubber bullets. There have also been several protests against the government that have turned violent.
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Palm Sunday Bash
April 17th 2006, Coptic Palm Sunday, was a day of extremes in Alexandria, Egypt. As many Copts attended peaceful masses, others were simultaneously clashing with police in retaliation for stabbings of four people in churches the week before by a Muslim man. One of the victims from the stabbings subsequently died of his wounds.
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Dahab bombings
3 bombs exploded in the town of Dahab killing 24 and injuring 85 on April 24, 2006. The explosions occurred in a bustling area popular with tourists during the early evening when many people were out in cafes and restaurants.
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Rafik Hariri
Beirut, Lebanon: February 14, 2005. The car bomb that killed Hariri took out windows for miles around the explosion. These photos are from the bombing and his funeral two days later.
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Women of Cairo
A selection of photos of the many different faces of women in Cairo
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I had an abortion
The goal of these photos isn't to say that abortion is something to be proud of or ashamed of -- simply that it's a topic that needs talking about: a topic that needs faces. These women who were photographed weren't afraid to talk, to show their faces, or to wear the words "I had an abortion".
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Women in the Rodeo
In the West of the United States rodeo is a very popular sport. Many high schools have it as a sport, yet girls aren't allowed to compete in the bareback and bullriding competitions as it is seen as too dangerous. After they graduate some girls/women become bareback and bullriders, but only because of their sheer will and determination.
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Hope Village's women's shelter
This is one of the only women's shelters in Cairo. It is funded by Hope Village and UNICEF and it is for street mothers. Women who come to this shelter receive training in how to properly care for their children, how to be sexually safe and also to learn a trade so that they can get off of the streets.
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Women Athletes - Nahla Ramadan
This is the start of a long term project on women athletes in the Middle East. Nahla Ramadan is Egypt's next Olympic Gold hopeful in Weight Lifting.
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Weddings
I have shot a series of weddings, with this being my favorite.
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