Al Ula: Elephant Mountain
Jebel Al Fil (Elephant Rock), Medina Province. December 2017 Actually before seeing the Lihyanite remains and even before exploring the...
Pontianak, Kalimantan
Kapuas River, Pontianak. February 1997 Equator Monument, Pontianak. February 1997 (with Irfan my ex-student) The start of the Big...
Iraq: bread
Zawita, Duhok, Iraq. September 2018 When I was a kid, Mom would take me over to Kauffman's bakery in East Prospect as a treat. I loved...
National Building Museum
National Building Museum. December 2020. National Building Museum Interior. July 2018 The Pension Building Exiting the metro at...
Saudi Arabia: what is war?
Old Ottoman Bastion, Shaar, Asir. January 2016 [from FB post: March 4, 2017] What is War Anyway? I was just coming back from the barber...
Malaysia: Penang seawall
Georgetown, Penang. January 2011 First glimpse of my future The place I am sitting means a lot to me because it was the first place I...
Morocco: Rick's Cafe
Rick's Cafe, Casablanca, Morocco. December 31, 2019. Memes-as-life New Year's Eve in Casablanca, how exotic. Not really. I have never...
New Zealand: Tandem parasailing
Just before takeoff, above Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand. January 1993 Parasailing view, Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, South...
Farasan Island: Fish Dinner
Fish Market, Farasan Island, Jizan. "Our fish" December 2013 Fish Market, Farasan Island, Jizan. "the fish cleaner" December 2013...
Spain: Arcos de la Frontera
Old City street Arcos de la Frontera, Andalucia, Spain. January 2017 I heard about it.... My friend Adrian Fernandes Vara de Rey in...
Philippines: Roxas City
Cathedral, Roxas City, Panay. Angel clams. Coco Veranda Restaurant, Roxas City Beach, Panay. January 2016 Old Capiz Panay Island is a...
Spain: Cadiz
Paseo Santa Barbara, Cadiz, Spain. January 2017 On the first trip to Andalucia, I based myself in Seville. Cadiz was on my list of...
Al Ula: Jebel Ekmah
Petroglyphs, "Library of the Lihyanites", Jebel Ekmah, Al Ula. December 2017 Lihyanite Open Air Library On our very "full of...
USA: Maryland Heights
Maryland Heights, Maryland. November 1987 Favorite place, favorite photo I think we all have favorite photos of ourselves and this is...
Georgetown University
Georgetown University Gate, Healy Building. November 2021 “One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and...
Wrightsville: Susquehanna Tidewater Canal
Tidewater Canal, Wrightsville. April 2021 A discovery This photo was taken after high water (almost flood) on the Susquehanna. The old...
Iraq: kebabs
Kebab Shalin, Duhok, Iraq. December 2018 Mrishk or gohsht? The first kebab I ate in Duhok was at Shalin Kebab. I discovered it walking...
Saudi Arabia: the Ninth Commandment
J'accuse! Charleton Heston, The Ten Commandments, 1956 [from FB post: January 23, 2017] The Ninth Commandment The Ninth Commandment...
Marina Bay Sands
Lobby, Marina Bay Sands. January 2011 Rooftop pool, Marina Bay Sands. January 2011 Marina Bay Sands Hotel. January 2016 Finally an...
Duhok: American University of Kurdistan
Barzani Building, American University of Kurdistan, Semel, Duhok. December 2019 Not a love-fest After Saddam Hussein declared war on his...