Al abageyah — Thursday. Entrance of the caravan from Mecca - entrance of the carpet [the fabric surrounding the Kaaba in Mecca, called the Kiswa, was traditionally made in Egypt, each year a new one was provided an...
Al abageyah — Sunday. We spend the entire afternoon shooting birds of prey along the Aqueduct of Pharaoh. Whitish dogs looking like wolves, pointed ears, haunt those stinking areas; they dig holes in the sand, nest...
Al abageyah — Wednesday, back to Cairo - under palm trees nearly all the way. The dust which spreads at their feet is speckled by the sun coming through the apertures between them - a field of blooming beans perfum...