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  • Articles: Egypt
    • #Cairo Walks
    • ‘Abbasiyya: a walk through a forgotten royal district
    • A Store with No Door
    • A Walk through the Siwa Oasis
    • African Appliqué
    • Akhenaten at al-Amarnah
    • Akhmim
    • Arouset el-Moulid
    • Asyut Barrage
    • Bad Days for Nahdet Masr
    • Book Review: Discovering Downtown Cairo
    • Cairo Charm – Andalusia Gardens
    • Cairo Colors
    • Cairo Sounds: Egyptian Folk Music
    • Celebrating the Egyptian Desert
    • City of the Past – Medinat Madi
    • Dakhla – The Inner Oasis
    • Desert Mystery – Rock Art
    • Destruction of Heritage-Dar el Kutub
    • Egyptian Material Culture
    • Egyptian Post Office Museum
    • Eiffel in Egypt
    • El Mastaba Center for Egyptian Folk Music
    • Encode Studio
    • Fire and Ice
    • From Lebanon With Love
    • Kaber Sobhy, The Street of the Food
    • Marmalade Days
    • Mawlid al Nabi
    • Mohamed Mandour, Artist and Potter
    • Monastery of Virgin Mary at Deir Dronka
    • Muhammed Ali and Modernization
    • Nahdet Masr – Egypt’s Awakening
    • Narrator of Stories, an interview
    • North & South of Cairo
    • On being a dune
    • Qattara Depression
    • Ramadan Kareem: A sweet story, kunafa
    • Ramses Wissa Wassef
    • Raouf Zaidan, Egyptian opera
    • Red Monastery and White Monastery at Sohag
    • Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum
    • Sakakini Palace – 19th Century Luxury
    • SHUBRA: Off the beaten path
    • Statue of Liberty and Egypt
    • The Art of Living
    • The Honeymoon – February 12, 2011 Tahrir Square
    • Tombs of Meir
    • Undreams
    • What exactly is a Rab’a?
    • What’s in a Name – Book Review
  • Articles: Nigeria
    • A Monument and A Statue
    • A Yoruba Wedding
    • Afikpo Masks
    • Apapa Saturday
    • Art of Thorn Figure Carving
    • Beaches and Birds: A Lagos Weekend
    • Beaches and Birds: A Lagos Weekend
    • Bida Blacksmith
    • Bida Bracelets, Ancient Art of Glassmaking
    • Bida Brasswork
    • Bida Glass at MuséoParc Alésia, France
    • Bida Glass: Bangles and Beads
    • Bling-Bling in Bida
    • Bring Back Our Girls
    • British Museum: Endangered Materials Knowledge Programme
    • Durbar! – Nigerian Style
    • Finding Tolerance in Northern Nigeria
    • Footprints – Omo Forest
    • Grand Durbar – Festac 1977 – Kaduna, Nigeria
    • Indigo and the Turban
    • Katsina Durbar
    • Lere Durbar – Kaduna State
    • Memorial to Alhaji Isah Ndagi
    • Murtala Muhammed Botanical Garden
    • Nigeria by Rail
    • Nigeria to Togo: A West African Road Trip
    • NUPE DAYS, Merit Award
    • Odogbolu Day 2014
    • On the Road to Yola
    • Osogbo Revisited
    • Osun Osogbo Grove
    • Palm-nut Diner
    • People’s Paradise, Cross River State
    • Red Walls of Bida – Introduction
    • Red Walls of Bida – Part Two
    • Red Walls of Bida Revisited -2018
    • Roman Glass in Britain (and Bida)
    • Small Chop
    • Turbaned! Jikadiya Gargajiya
    • Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
    • Yola 1985, My First Durbar
    • Zaria – the Zazzau Durbar
  • Articles: Rep. Benin & Tanzania
    • A Persistent Woman in Benin
    • African Appliqué
    • ARCE, Tanzania
    • Birds in Tanzania
    • Encountering the Delicate Balance Between Nature and Humankind in Tanzania
    • Ghosts of Slavery Past and Present (Benin)
    • Tanzania is not just in Africa….
  • Articles: Syria
    • Queen of Fabric – Silk
    • Syria: destruction of heritage
    • The Damascene House
  • Cairo Family Guide
  • Cairo Practical Guide
  • Cairo Street Art
    • Adam Henein
    • Art of Fahti Mahmoud (1918-1982)
    • Art of Gamal Sigini
    • Bas-relief on Saad Zaghloul statue
    • Bedaya
    • Borg el Zamalek
    • Cairo Opera House statue, part 1
    • Cairo Opera House statue, part 2
    • Door Handle at Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum
    • Ibn Khaldun in Mohandiseen
    • Ibrahim Pasha
    • Lunar crater named Alfraganus
    • Mamsha Ahl Misr
    • Nahdat Misr – Egypt’s Awakening
    • The Gallant by Mustafa el-Razzaz
    • Triumph Square
    • Umm Kalthoum – The Legend
  • Cairo Street Stories: Exploring the City’s Statues, Squares, Bridges, Gardens, and Sidewalk Cafés
  • Field Guide to the Street Names of Central Cairo
  • Nigeria Magazine
    • Archival Ads for Nigerian Railway
    • Arial Views of Lagos 1952
    • Art of Thorn Figure Carving
    • British Occupation of Lagos 1851-61
    • Durbar Magazine covers
    • Eko Bridge
    • LAGOS – Nigeria’s Melting Pot
    • Lagos in Portugal and Lagos in Nigeria
    • Royal Crowns in Yorubaland
    • Susanne Wenger at 100!
    • The Beginning of Modern Lagos
    • Wood-Carving at Owo Government School
  • Obelisque Magazine
    • Book Review: Discovering Downtown Cairo
    • Cairo Charm: Andalusia Gardens
    • Celebrating the Egyptian Desert
    • City of the Past: Medinat Madi
    • Dakhla – The Inner Oasis
    • Desert Mystery – Rock Art at Uwaynat Mountains
    • Durbar – Nigerian Style
    • Eiffel in Egypt
    • Encode Studio
    • Fire and Ice
    • From Lebanon with Love
    • Kaber Sobhy, The Street of the Food
    • Katherine Tisné: an artist in two cultures
    • Mohamed Mandour, Artist and Potter
    • North and South of Cairo
    • Obelisque Magazine 2015
    • Obelisque Magazine 2016
    • Obelisque Magazine 2017
    • Obelisque Magazine 2018
    • Obelisque Magazine 2019
    • Obelisque Magazine 2020
    • Osun Osogbo Groves
    • Qattara Depression (Egypt)
    • Queen of Fabric – Silk
    • Ramses Wissa Wassef
    • Raouf Zaidan, Egyptian Opera
    • Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum
    • Siwa Oasis
    • Street Art – Ibrahim Pasha
    • The Art of Living
    • The Damascene House
  • Paddle Your Own Canoe
  • Silent No More: Special Needs People in Egypt
    • Chicago Journal: Review of Silent No More
    • International Journal of Middle East Studies reviews Silent No More
    • Middle East Librarian Ass. review of Silent No More
  • Silk Road: China and Central Asia
    • 4000 years in 7 days-Turkmenistan
    • Beijing to Tashkent: Following the Silk Road, the countdown
    • Dushanbe to Beijing
    • Dushanbe, city of roses
    • Foiled at the Finish or Happy Eid el Kabir
    • Hotan, the Taklamakan and Walnuts
    • Kashgar, China…15 years too late
    • Kyrgyzstan – Art of Felt
    • Kyrgyzstan – Keeping It Real
    • Kyrgyzstan: Keeping it Real 2018
    • Lanzhou to Dunhuang: the Hexi Corridor
    • Liu Yunjiang, the Cricket Man
    • Nĭ hăo China!
    • Pamir Highway, Tajikistan
    • Pamirs : Tajikistan to Kyrgyzstan
    • Previously in Xi’an
    • Qinghai and Gansu Provinces: Festivals, Minorities and Landforms
    • The Final Stretch – Karakalpakstan
    • The Ikats of Uzbekistan
    • Tibet, Friendship Highway and more…
    • Uzbekistan – the People
    • Uzbekistan: Sogdians, Soviets and Monumental Samarkand and the Holy City of Bukhara
    • Xiahe to Xining to the Roof of the World
    • Yogurt Banquet Festival
  • This Old House – 1920
  • Women of West Africa
    • #Bring Back Our Girls
    • Celebrating the New Power House – Peju Alatise
    • Mâtiné de Souza
    • Olatoun Williams:Reviewer of African Literature and Founder of Borders For All Nations
    • Princess Odiakosa,Chocolatier, a passion and a protest.
    • Susanne Wenger, Adunni Olorisha
    • Tearing at the Fabric: Peju Alatise Nigeria’s Art Activist
    • Zainab Saleh Hosts the The Zainab Saleh 6th International Female Open Karate Championship

Afikpo Masks

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