may 2006

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Samara just keeps getting cuter.  She loves to babble and coo, especially with her father.

Asia, Eden, and I attended a talk by Zahi Hawass, the head of Antiquities for Egypt.  She asked
a question and he brought her up to answer for her.  Her question?  "How did they move the blocks
if they are as heavy as a hippopotamus?"

Eden is about the most perfect big sister to India and Samara.  She is so nurturing and attentive to her little sisters

 
This is what it looks like when a sandstorm moves in.  It happens so quickly and gives the world an eerie orange glow

Some pictures of my walks in Islamic Cairo.  Most of these minarets are over 500 years old.

 
From the top of a minaret, you see the Citadel and far to the southwest, the great pyramids of Giza.  Amazing.

Inside a 14th century mosque in the old city

The famous mihrab of the Miridani mosque

Mamluk sultan Al Ghuri's seal on the door of his mosque

 
Inside the Al Ghuri mosque (L) and the tentmaker's street (R)