Jonathan E Tyrrell
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North Africa
Egypt - Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan
Alexandria, Luxor and Aswan - A selection of photographs from these famous cities, and some of the local people, both Nubian and Egyptian.
Egypt - People of the Western Desert Oases
People of the Western Desert Oases - travelling around the Western Desert I visited many of the oases towns and villages... Bahariya, Farafra, Dakhla, Kharga and the remote Siwa oasis (with it's traditional womens covering the 'tarfottet').
This is a selection of photographs of the local people.
Sudan
Sudan - my travels in 2008 finished in Khartoum, Sudan. This set of photographs is of some of the people I came across travelling from Aswan, across Lake Nasser to Khartoum via Wadi Halfa, Dongola, Attbara and Meroe.
Sudan - Whirling Dervishes
Whirling Dervishes at Omdurman, Khartoum - the capital of Sudan is divided by the convergance of the Blue and White Nile: Central Khartoum, Bahri and Omdurman.
Omdurman is located at West Nile riverside. Each Friday night, except Ramadan, Dervish people meet in front of the Hamed an-Nil Mosque to dance. Whirling Dervishes follow Sufism Islam.