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Taken at 5.59pm on December 11 2017.

Qasr El Nil Bridge, Cairo.

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I took this after a shoot with Nariman for the book I’m working on.

Would have liked to have taken a shot with this beautiful backdrop of a sky but I’d already taken quite some time with my subject. Also, it was a bit dark then.

I guess I should have asked!

"Can I please have just one more shot?"

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Two pictures moments apart –

Taken on the metro I took from Maadi going back to Giza on the 5th of December 2017.

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Waiting for the bus around 6.30 a.m. on Nile Street.

10th of December 2017 - Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

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Taken on iPhone.

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A birdie.

Near El Darb El Ahmar (?) – August 2017.

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Eid moments. (9)

They were posing for a photo before I shot this. I wanted to shoot them posing but I think it’s nice that the girl seemed to be the only one who noticed me -she maintained her position- while the boys around her are in more natural states with the boy on the right even looking a bit scared (i’m guessing he was trying to get down).

The lion at the top is one of the two lions which are said to be guarding the Qasr El Nil bridge – guarding the Nile that is. I like how the lion looks grand and maybe even scary here but the girl’s pleasant expression provides a nice contrast to that vibe.

Cairo, Egypt. September 2017 – last day of Eid Eladha.

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Eid moments. (8)

A horse carrying a carriage near Qasr Elnil bridge.

I have a thing for photographing horses and I think that despite the cruelty of certain horse carriage owners in Cairo, it’s interesting how they dress up their horses with different decorative items.

Cairo, Egypt. September 2017 – last day of Eid Eladha.

Eid moments. (7)

I think he thought I was a foreigner.

Cairo, Egypt. September 2017 – last day of Eid Eladha.

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Eid moments. (6)

He asked me for money after I took his shot. I felt bad for him but didn’t pay him – I feel that paying people to shoot them is like stealing their photograph.

I offered to delete his photo but thankfully I didn’t have to do that as my friend came in and said to something to him and we all just moved on.

(I don’t know what he said as it was quite busy and noisy at the time but I don’t think he threatened him or anything like that. He’s probably just better at talking to people in situations like these than I am.)

Cairo, Egypt. September 2017 – last day of Eid Eladha.