The Final Ghost
Alexandria is a city of the invisible and longing. Many years ago my father spent time here as a young man and, when he died, he left me scrapbooks of…
Alexandria is a city of the invisible and longing. Many years ago my father spent time here as a young man and, when he died, he left me scrapbooks of…
This was my room at the Hotel Metropole in Alexandria. The building used to be the Egyptian Ministry of Public Works where its most famous employee was the early 20th…
When it's a mirage. © www.anniewrightphotography.com Taken in the desert south of Aswan, Egypt. Click to enlarge. It's worth it.
A bit like something out of a science fiction comic. Click to enlarge. © www.anniewrightphotography.com
I love vistas. The possibilities are endless. This one is located in the Gayer-Anderson Museum in Cairo. This 17th house is filled with furniture, carpets, curios, antiquities and artworks that…
This is what I love: a vast, empty ballroom just waiting for me to waltz like a whirling dervish. It is a part of the Manasterly Palace on the Nile…
I am a secret prowler of hotel corridors. It's that intoxicating combination of absolute anonymity with clandestine worlds behind every door. This five-star hotel in Cairo surpassed all expectations. ©…
Meet Mahmoud. Like many kids in Egypt, he sells tourist souvenirs to supplement the family income. But Mahmoud's different. He's fortunate because he lives next door to Luxor's Egyptology Centre.…
This Egyptian beauty is currently languishing at the bottom of a bookcase at a local auction. The catalogue carries no information about her origins, nor is there any estimation of…