3 50 218 https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/f16a1ec694d9449faed33da522e09bc0.jpg 0c7d356987d95bc658efa3339faacbb4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mother and Son Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: The series is about the intimate relation between mothers and their sons. It all started with a portrait of a young bodybuilder and his mother; departing from there, Denis Dailleux approached several men to portrait them together with their mothers. Unconsciously, it also reflects upon the importance of the photographer's relation to his own mother. Description An account of the resource The work of Denis Dailleux, who has been living in Cairo for the past nine years, is a lasting tribute to the generosity of the Egyptian people he fell in love with on his first visit fifteen years ago, and Mother and Son, without a doubt, his most personal work. With great respect and sensitivity, he takes us into these families' inner sanctum, where a bodybuilder son's absolute love sounds like an ode to all mothers, with the power to move viewers the world over. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Dailleux Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.denisdailleux.com/index.php?/albums/egypt-mother-and-son/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-2013 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self initiated Language A language of the resource English, French Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo, Dessouk, Alexandria Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ramy et sa mère Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Dailleux depicting women interior male photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/c4e0f14e12085b8197167e2c95ce52fe.jpg 2c6553c8374ab05977ba81014075bf54 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Women suffer under Egypt's radical rule – in pictures Description An account of the resource Photographer Gary Calton and reporter Tracy McVeigh travelled with Plan Egypt to cover the story of the women taking to the streets, opposing a new constitution that sweeps away their rights and opens the way for girls of 13 to be married. Their protests bring them into violent confrontation with government supporters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gary Calton Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2013/mar/31/egypt-cairo-women-rights-revolution?fbclid=IwAR1wEWyuDPFbihnFRHCyVS1VKNAJErlpkFSb2bkL081KDFFJI22H9ylVVeE Language A language of the resource english Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Guardian, 31.3.2013 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Not approved to publish Type The nature or genre of the resource Documentary photography Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ? Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: ? Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed:<br /><ul><li>The Guardian</li> <li>Plan Egypt <br />(https://plan-uk.org/about-because-i-am-a-girl)</li> <li>The Observer</li> </ul> Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: ? Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rasmia Ahmed Emam was 17 when she was married to a 50-year-old stranger. Not an uncommon fate for an Egyptian woman but Rasmia‘s family had been conned. She had been married to a Saudi sex tourist who left her and the country after two weeks. „My life is over. Everyone thinks I am a prostitute and my only option in life is to become one. But I will not do that.“ Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gary Calton depicting women interior non-Egyptian photographer single person per image https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/a793a79a19cf3b1c5bdc699dad85a80c.jpg 572cbca580ef52ad348fc52e64d83fbc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource sayeda . women in egypt . Description An account of the resource SAYEDA is a photographic work about women in Egypt. I travelled to Egypt on various occasions to do portraits and interviews with women from different walks of life. Many people in Egypt fight against violations of human, and in particular, women´s rights. In my work, I approached Egyptian women from different social environments whose position in society depends on religion, education, age and socio-economic situation. This work explores the issue of what it means to be a woman in egypt today. I am so thankful to all women I had the great pleasure to meet, listen to and learn from! I received a grant from the german foundation “VG Bild Kunst” for this project. I was also award the “Grenzgänger” Scholarship from the Literarisches Colloqium Berlin and the Robert Bosch Foundation, and this work was supported by the Goethe Institute in Cairo. To see all portraits and read all interviews and also wondeful essays by political scientist Hoda Salah and art historian Franziska Schmidt, please have a look at the book: Amélie Losier, SAYEDA. Frauen in Ägypten. Women in Egypt. Femmes d’Égypte, at editions Nimbus. Kunst und Bücher, 2017, isbn 978-3-03850-037-7 (in German, English and French) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Amélie Losier Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://www.amelielosier.com/sayeda-women-egypt-portraits-and-street-photography Language A language of the resource English, French, German Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <ul><li>http://www.nimbusbooks.ch/buch/sayeda (October 2017)</li> <li><a href="https://www.emma.de/artikel/der-kampf-um-die-verlorene-freiheit-336911">EMMA </a><br /><span>Hoda Salah, </span><span>25. Juni 2019</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://dafg.eu/aktuelles/news/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1852&amp;cHash=8ccee858130b7a98cf70f4dd8861eaf5">Deutsch-Arabische Freundschaftsgesellschaft</a><br />Redaktion , 28. Juni 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/078183-003-A/metropolis/">arte METROPOLIS</a><br />Redaktion , 17. Juni 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video-397703.html">ARD, Tagesschau </a><br />Redaktion , 25. April 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.daserste.de/information/wissen-kultur/ttt/sendung/ndr/losier100.html">TTT Titel Thesen Temperamente</a><br />Maryam Bonakdar, 23. April 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.trierkids.de/news/index.php#650338a8b80eedd01">trierkids.de</a><br />Gabi Böhm, 3. April 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.badische-zeitung.de/literatur-und-vortraege/von-starken-und-mutigen-aegypterinnen--148624639.html">Badische Zeitung </a><br />Annemarie Rösch, 26. Januar 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/bildband-sayeda-frauen-in-aegypten-all-diese-frauen-sind.1270.de.html?dram:article_id=400781">Deutschlandradio Kultur</a><br />Andrea Gerk, 16. November 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.radiox.ch/buchbasel-2017-alle-interviews-zum-nachhoren/">Radio X</a><br />Redaktion, 15. November 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.journal21.ch/frauen-in-aegypten">Journal 21</a><br />Stephan Wehowsky, 14. November 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.buchjahr.uzh.ch/zuerichliest/category/der-donnerstag/page/2/">Schweizer Buchjahr 17</a><br />Carla Peca, 30. Oktober 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.taz.de/!5423630/">taz</a><br />Waltraud Schwab, 8. Juli 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.freelens.com/news/sayeda-women-in-egypt/">Freelens</a><br />Paula Tamm, 31. Mai 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.berglink.de/frauen-in-aegypten-ein-buchprojekt/">BergLink. Magazin für Entdecker und Entdeckungen</a><br />Redaktion, 19. Mai 2017</span></li> <li> <div> <div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Face to Face</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Rosphoto Saint Petersburg, Russland</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Exhibition 29.02 - 21.04.2020</span></div> <div class="_1mf _1mj"><span><a href="https://rosphoto.org/von-angesicht-zu-angesicht/sayeda/">https://rosphoto.org/von-angesicht-zu-angesicht/sayeda/</a><br /></span></div> </div> </li> </ul> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 –2017 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography, street photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo and aroud, Alexandria, Sadat City and Tunis el Fayoum on the countryside. Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: <br /><blockquote> <div> <div> <div> <ul><li><span>grant from the german foundation “VG Bild Kunst”</span></li> <li><span>“Grenzgänger” scholarship </span><span>from the Literarisches Colloqium Berlin and the Robert Bosch Foundation</span></li> <li><span>supported by the Goethe Institute in Cairo</span></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: Part of my family is originally from French Algiers, but when I set out on this project, I had never visited an Arab country before. I like to encounter foreign worlds to learn about other cultures and people. Photography offers an opportunity, a way in. As a photographer, I am interested in the individual circumstances of people or different groups in the population; often these are people who live on the periphery of society or as a minority, either because of their jobs, their religion or life situation. When the Arab Spring broke out in 2011 and the affected countries were in the media spotlight, I became more concerned with current events and began reading lots of newspaper pieces. Around the same time in 2012, I read a pivotal article written by Egyptian-American journalist and feminist Mona El Tahawy “Why do they hate us?“ which addresses misogyny in Islam. It was like being electrified. I wanted to understand more, and so decided to travel to Egypt to get to know the world of these women: their daily routines, their wishes, dreams and concerns. I wanted to know how differences in social position, religion, education, age and class defined the scope of their lives. The reports about the rapes at Tahrir Square in 2012 and 2013 convinced me of the necessity of this plan. Preparing for the series was sometimes tedious and tough. Luckily, I had friends in Cairo who could tell me a lot about the country and who opened up a lot of doors for me. Films and books, news and newspaper reports provided more information on how Egyptian society developed over the last fifty years and how it runs today. When I received the grant from VG Bild Kunst for the project, the whole thing became much more concrete and I could finally plan the trip. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource This archive only includes a selection of photos from the project. To see the whole project please visit the artists website. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rawiya, Tunis el Fayoum Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Amélie Losier depicting women interior non-Egyptian photographer single person per image Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photographers Person An individual. Gender Male Birth Date 22.04.1986 Birthplace Minya, Egypt Currently based in Cairo, Egypt Occupation He works as a photojournalist and documentary photographer at ON agency + freelance work with UN agencies and other international organisations and media outlets Biographical Text Roger got his BA in Fine Arts “ Mural Painting Dept” in 2008. He is working as a photojournalist in the daily newspaper Shorouk since 2010 - 2016 , covering the social unrest which happened in the country, his pictures can easily draw the timeline of the revolution from the start till now. Roger is one of the contributors with the Associated Press Agency, The Head of Everyday Egypt Project. He got his Diploma in Photojournalism from the Danish school of Media & Journalism in June 2015, His work has been published in international newspapers and magazines such as TIME, New York Times, Newsweek. Roger has been working as an Art Director & Photographer with UNICEF Egypt in a street kids project to produce books and exhibitions about street kids in Egypt. he has big brainstorming skills and lot of fantasy, This brings him to create a body of work, mainly about street kids, women situation and Arabic Spring, with intimacy and imagination, capturing the struggles and aspirations of Egypt. currently working on publishing 2 books about street kids with UNICEF Egypt. Roger has been unveiled as the winner of the first Thomson Reuters Foundation - Nokia Photo Award. also was one of the few Arab photographers who were selected by WPP World Press Photo to participate in Reporting Change Project about the Arab Spring where he produced a story about the Tourism Crisis after the Revolution. He also won several local prizes in Egypt and participated in so many exhibitions locally and internationally with different bodies of work. Speaks Arabic Yes Length of stay in Egypt – Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Roger Anis Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photographer Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://www.rogeranis.photo/pages/about-me/ https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/1b1aae7c12647c7a45fc53765daabf01.png b0c6f31a48187f62e50bd225a1ac4afe Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Breadwinners Description An account of the resource Portrait series of housekeepers. Photos taken in at their workplaces at the consent of their employers. In a patriarchal society where men can expect to control their wives’ career choices and have a final say over all household matters, a woman may go out into the world, find a job as a housekeeper, earn money and support her whole family. However, her power and status at home may not change at all, so she ends up carrying the burden rather than the privilege of being the sole provider. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lina Geoushy Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.linageoushy.com/breadwinners#2 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <ul><li>GUP New Dutch Photography Talent</li> <li><span>RPS documentary photographer of the year https://www.rpsdpoty.com/ </span></li> </ul> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-2019 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated and self-financed Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: After watching "Roma", the Alfonso Cuarón movie, Lina thought about Cleo, the main character. How she was a part of the family, but not quite. Seeing the large socioeconomics gaps in Egyptian society, Lina was motivated to speak with her friends' housekeepers, especially those who have stayed with the same family for over 5 years - commonplace in Egyptian homes. These women, often downgrading the value of their own labour, are strong and dignified, and actually earn the incomes for their households, hence the name "Breadwinners" Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Saadeya Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lina Geoushy depicting women Egyptian photographer Egyptian photographer living abroad female photographer interior single person per image Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photographers Person An individual. Gender Male Birth Date 1989 Birthplace Giza, Egypt Currently based in Aarhus, Denmark Occupation Khaled is a freelance photojournalist. He also teaches photography in Egypt. Currently he is studying at the Danish School of Media and Journalism. Biographical Text Sabry Khaled is a Cairo-based freelance Photojournalist, covering daily news stories, social issues, as well as long term in-depth self-driven documentary projects, which are usually described as emotional, intimate and humane. He is also involved in industrial photography for editorial and documentary purposes. Khaled covered the Egyptian uprising with many media outlets such as Al-Jazeera, BBC world and RT, along with Al-Shorouk newspaper as a Photographer and sometimes translator and fixer. Khaled has the experience working in hostile environments, which he gained during the extensive coverage of the Egyptian revolution and the events that followed, In 2013 he was trained for working in conflict during a course for photojournalists by TYR solutions. Since the outbreak of the Egyptian uprising Khaled contributed regularly with many major news wires like The AP and Anadolu Agency which helped to expose his work to many publications such as TIME, The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN. His photography has been exhibited in Egypt, Germany and Finland. Currently he is teaching Photojournalism at the faculty of Mass media and communication at the British University in Egypt. Khaled also is a photography and photojournalism trainer, working independently and in cooperation with many NGOs Speaks Arabic Yes Length of stay in Egypt – Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sabry Khaled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photographer Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://sabrykhaled.com/about/ https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/576d7c3a59ce414d38ecb8d71766a6a2.jpg 284314484dd9b7c03db5fab236a5f64e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource sayeda . women in egypt . Description An account of the resource SAYEDA is a photographic work about women in Egypt. I travelled to Egypt on various occasions to do portraits and interviews with women from different walks of life. Many people in Egypt fight against violations of human, and in particular, women´s rights. In my work, I approached Egyptian women from different social environments whose position in society depends on religion, education, age and socio-economic situation. This work explores the issue of what it means to be a woman in egypt today. I am so thankful to all women I had the great pleasure to meet, listen to and learn from! I received a grant from the german foundation “VG Bild Kunst” for this project. I was also award the “Grenzgänger” Scholarship from the Literarisches Colloqium Berlin and the Robert Bosch Foundation, and this work was supported by the Goethe Institute in Cairo. To see all portraits and read all interviews and also wondeful essays by political scientist Hoda Salah and art historian Franziska Schmidt, please have a look at the book: Amélie Losier, SAYEDA. Frauen in Ägypten. Women in Egypt. Femmes d’Égypte, at editions Nimbus. Kunst und Bücher, 2017, isbn 978-3-03850-037-7 (in German, English and French) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Amélie Losier Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://www.amelielosier.com/sayeda-women-egypt-portraits-and-street-photography Language A language of the resource English, French, German Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <ul><li>http://www.nimbusbooks.ch/buch/sayeda (October 2017)</li> <li><a href="https://www.emma.de/artikel/der-kampf-um-die-verlorene-freiheit-336911">EMMA </a><br /><span>Hoda Salah, </span><span>25. Juni 2019</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://dafg.eu/aktuelles/news/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1852&amp;cHash=8ccee858130b7a98cf70f4dd8861eaf5">Deutsch-Arabische Freundschaftsgesellschaft</a><br />Redaktion , 28. Juni 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/078183-003-A/metropolis/">arte METROPOLIS</a><br />Redaktion , 17. Juni 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/video/video-397703.html">ARD, Tagesschau </a><br />Redaktion , 25. April 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.daserste.de/information/wissen-kultur/ttt/sendung/ndr/losier100.html">TTT Titel Thesen Temperamente</a><br />Maryam Bonakdar, 23. April 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.trierkids.de/news/index.php#650338a8b80eedd01">trierkids.de</a><br />Gabi Böhm, 3. April 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.badische-zeitung.de/literatur-und-vortraege/von-starken-und-mutigen-aegypterinnen--148624639.html">Badische Zeitung </a><br />Annemarie Rösch, 26. Januar 2018</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/bildband-sayeda-frauen-in-aegypten-all-diese-frauen-sind.1270.de.html?dram:article_id=400781">Deutschlandradio Kultur</a><br />Andrea Gerk, 16. November 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.radiox.ch/buchbasel-2017-alle-interviews-zum-nachhoren/">Radio X</a><br />Redaktion, 15. November 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.journal21.ch/frauen-in-aegypten">Journal 21</a><br />Stephan Wehowsky, 14. November 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.buchjahr.uzh.ch/zuerichliest/category/der-donnerstag/page/2/">Schweizer Buchjahr 17</a><br />Carla Peca, 30. Oktober 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.taz.de/!5423630/">taz</a><br />Waltraud Schwab, 8. Juli 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="https://www.freelens.com/news/sayeda-women-in-egypt/">Freelens</a><br />Paula Tamm, 31. Mai 2017</span></li> <li><span><a href="http://www.berglink.de/frauen-in-aegypten-ein-buchprojekt/">BergLink. Magazin für Entdecker und Entdeckungen</a><br />Redaktion, 19. Mai 2017</span></li> <li> <div> <div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Face to Face</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Rosphoto Saint Petersburg, Russland</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="_1mf _1mj"><span>Exhibition 29.02 - 21.04.2020</span></div> <div class="_1mf _1mj"><span><a href="https://rosphoto.org/von-angesicht-zu-angesicht/sayeda/">https://rosphoto.org/von-angesicht-zu-angesicht/sayeda/</a><br /></span></div> </div> </li> </ul> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 –2017 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography, street photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo and aroud, Alexandria, Sadat City and Tunis el Fayoum on the countryside. Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: <br /><blockquote> <div> <div> <div> <ul><li><span>grant from the german foundation “VG Bild Kunst”</span></li> <li><span>“Grenzgänger” scholarship </span><span>from the Literarisches Colloqium Berlin and the Robert Bosch Foundation</span></li> <li><span>supported by the Goethe Institute in Cairo</span></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: Part of my family is originally from French Algiers, but when I set out on this project, I had never visited an Arab country before. I like to encounter foreign worlds to learn about other cultures and people. Photography offers an opportunity, a way in. As a photographer, I am interested in the individual circumstances of people or different groups in the population; often these are people who live on the periphery of society or as a minority, either because of their jobs, their religion or life situation. When the Arab Spring broke out in 2011 and the affected countries were in the media spotlight, I became more concerned with current events and began reading lots of newspaper pieces. Around the same time in 2012, I read a pivotal article written by Egyptian-American journalist and feminist Mona El Tahawy “Why do they hate us?“ which addresses misogyny in Islam. It was like being electrified. I wanted to understand more, and so decided to travel to Egypt to get to know the world of these women: their daily routines, their wishes, dreams and concerns. I wanted to know how differences in social position, religion, education, age and class defined the scope of their lives. The reports about the rapes at Tahrir Square in 2012 and 2013 convinced me of the necessity of this plan. Preparing for the series was sometimes tedious and tough. Luckily, I had friends in Cairo who could tell me a lot about the country and who opened up a lot of doors for me. Films and books, news and newspaper reports provided more information on how Egyptian society developed over the last fifty years and how it runs today. When I received the grant from VG Bild Kunst for the project, the whole thing became much more concrete and I could finally plan the trip. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource This archive only includes a selection of photos from the project. To see the whole project please visit the artists website. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Samah, Imbaba, Cairo Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Amélie Losier depicting women interior non-Egyptian photographer single person per image https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/b05547ed3db958c13aec997a790decab.jpg 31cf50d680842ee3f2d478e05eb9c76a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mother and Son Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: The series is about the intimate relation between mothers and their sons. It all started with a portrait of a young bodybuilder and his mother; departing from there, Denis Dailleux approached several men to portrait them together with their mothers. Unconsciously, it also reflects upon the importance of the photographer's relation to his own mother. Description An account of the resource The work of Denis Dailleux, who has been living in Cairo for the past nine years, is a lasting tribute to the generosity of the Egyptian people he fell in love with on his first visit fifteen years ago, and Mother and Son, without a doubt, his most personal work. With great respect and sensitivity, he takes us into these families' inner sanctum, where a bodybuilder son's absolute love sounds like an ode to all mothers, with the power to move viewers the world over. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Dailleux Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.denisdailleux.com/index.php?/albums/egypt-mother-and-son/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-2013 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self initiated Language A language of the resource English, French Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo, Dessouk, Alexandria Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sarwat et sa mère Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Dailleux depicting women interior male photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/ceea85c1ab3e35425ba7eace2e8114aa.jpg c8a43540eb72b134fa5275a4b4276643 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mother and Son Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: The series is about the intimate relation between mothers and their sons. It all started with a portrait of a young bodybuilder and his mother; departing from there, Denis Dailleux approached several men to portrait them together with their mothers. Unconsciously, it also reflects upon the importance of the photographer's relation to his own mother. Description An account of the resource The work of Denis Dailleux, who has been living in Cairo for the past nine years, is a lasting tribute to the generosity of the Egyptian people he fell in love with on his first visit fifteen years ago, and Mother and Son, without a doubt, his most personal work. With great respect and sensitivity, he takes us into these families' inner sanctum, where a bodybuilder son's absolute love sounds like an ode to all mothers, with the power to move viewers the world over. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Dailleux Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.denisdailleux.com/index.php?/albums/egypt-mother-and-son/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-2013 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self initiated Language A language of the resource English, French Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo, Dessouk, Alexandria Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shaban et sa mère Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Dailleux depicting women interior male photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/e64823a10f28859db4bb7278caf1e42f.jpg 574b5a422f4d0b20a7f6ee0667d033f8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mother and Son Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: The series is about the intimate relation between mothers and their sons. It all started with a portrait of a young bodybuilder and his mother; departing from there, Denis Dailleux approached several men to portrait them together with their mothers. Unconsciously, it also reflects upon the importance of the photographer's relation to his own mother. Description An account of the resource The work of Denis Dailleux, who has been living in Cairo for the past nine years, is a lasting tribute to the generosity of the Egyptian people he fell in love with on his first visit fifteen years ago, and Mother and Son, without a doubt, his most personal work. With great respect and sensitivity, he takes us into these families' inner sanctum, where a bodybuilder son's absolute love sounds like an ode to all mothers, with the power to move viewers the world over. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Dailleux Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.denisdailleux.com/index.php?/albums/egypt-mother-and-son/ Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2007-2013 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self initiated Language A language of the resource English, French Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo, Dessouk, Alexandria Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sohyl et sa mère Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Dailleux depicting women interior male photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/27bcfe8c8406705e8d7477694a962aba.jpg 59d7f53f538f208639d75f625a791427 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Homemade Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: Heba is moved by personal stories. She believes that art should also be a constant process of experimentation. She decided to do a photo series based on the idea of collage: combining different elements to magnify the story. Description An account of the resource Ever since I was young girl I was constantly reminded by mother that being a girl is a liability and burden. I need to be extra careful of my actions. I cannot stay out late - what people would say about me? Even when I got divorced I was reminded by my family: “Be careful, you are a girl.” We live all our life guarding our body. You have to get married before you become too old to bear children. You have to preserve your figure to stay desirable. You have to you have to... Entrapped in this body I resented it. I wished to lose it, to live without it. It started as a private group on Facebook. Together, a group of women share our feelings and personal stories. Then we meet in person. We discuss what it means to be living with all these pressures, simply because we own this body. We talk about how each of us discovered what it means to be a woman. Faces turn red, tears start rolling and at that moment of openness a magical bond between us is born. From their words I take some time and start visualizing how the image of their story might look. After I photographed the women, I noticed a change. Two women decide to show their faces in the images, something they previously resisted. They do not care about the consequences; they feel liberated. Storytelling is a way to heal, to free ourselves from the weight of experience. The women who found the strength to stand and speak in front of the camera, this is the real gift. It gives me the strength to photograph and I hope it will give other women who are still silent the strength to open the door. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Heba Khalifa Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://arabdocphotography.org/project/homemade Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <ul><li>2016 Arab Documentary Photography</li> <li>2017 Homemade – Talk in Magnum Foundation New York</li> <li>2017 Homemade – Women photographers in Singapore</li> <li>2018 Homemade – Lianzhou Foto in China</li> <li>2019 Homemade (Collective exhibition The Distance Between Us during the GPP photo week in Dubai)</li> </ul> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: <br /><ul><li>The Prince Claus Fund</li> <li>The Magnum Foundation</li> <li>The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)</li> </ul> Language A language of the resource English, Arabic Type The nature or genre of the resource 3D-collage, studio photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2014 – 2016 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource They called me "mother of the unborn" in my hometown because I am sterile. I tried a lot and waited for many years. In my lifetime, the only birth I witnessed was my own. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Heba Khalifa depicting women Egyptian photographer female photographer interior single person per image studio https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/3c9545183491de7ffc84d96880689908.jpg 05a68dccecaae849028596e4b3664ef2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource In a first, Bedouin women lead tours in Egypt’s Sinai Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: El Mofty had heard about those women from an acquaintance. For the first time, Bedouin women were able to work as tour guides. Such jobs, especially those who entail contact with tourists and "outsiders" in general, were generally not designated for women. To El Mofty, this was a turning point in this community's history. She immediately saw the story's potential, and decided to also write the story as a feature piece. To El Mofty, this was a historical moment that had to be documented, especially that this is happening in Egypt, which made it all the more relevant to her. Description An account of the resource From the AP published story: "Umm Yasser is breaking new ground among the deeply conservative Bedouin of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Women among the Bedouin almost never work outside the home, and even more rarely do they interact with outsiders. But Umm Yasser is one of four women from the community who for the first time are working as tour guides." https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2019/4/9/in-a-first-bedouin-women-lead-tours-in-egypts-sinai Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nariman El-Mofty Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2019/4/9/in-a-first-bedouin-women-lead-tours-in-egypts-sinai?rq=egypt Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Associated Press Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: Commissioned by the AP Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Editorial photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Sinai, Egypt Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 2019 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource This April 1, 2019 photo, shows a plant called "Hammora" which Bedouin women use as red lipstick from the root, found in Abu Zenima, South Sinai, Egypt. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nariman El-Mofty Egyptian photographer female photographer not depicting women still life https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/c7b28ad420242e69abf5fd84523a9d27.jpg 21bae4e598ac8a9a0bafabbbe8ac8fbc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource In a first, Bedouin women lead tours in Egypt’s Sinai Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: El Mofty had heard about those women from an acquaintance. For the first time, Bedouin women were able to work as tour guides. Such jobs, especially those who entail contact with tourists and "outsiders" in general, were generally not designated for women. To El Mofty, this was a turning point in this community's history. She immediately saw the story's potential, and decided to also write the story as a feature piece. To El Mofty, this was a historical moment that had to be documented, especially that this is happening in Egypt, which made it all the more relevant to her. Description An account of the resource From the AP published story: "Umm Yasser is breaking new ground among the deeply conservative Bedouin of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Women among the Bedouin almost never work outside the home, and even more rarely do they interact with outsiders. But Umm Yasser is one of four women from the community who for the first time are working as tour guides." https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2019/4/9/in-a-first-bedouin-women-lead-tours-in-egypts-sinai Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nariman El-Mofty Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2019/4/9/in-a-first-bedouin-women-lead-tours-in-egypts-sinai?rq=egypt Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Associated Press Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: Commissioned by the AP Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Editorial photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Sinai, Egypt Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 2019 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource This March 30, 2019 photo, shows the scenery on a trek, near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nariman El-Mofty Egyptian photographer exterior female photographer not depicting women https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/e3aabf52a521f4a17431f2278d93d01c.jpg 2a8bba86975ac9da4bec4f5dc6afd6c1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The purest choice Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: In my work I focus on women’s rights. I wanted to do something about FGM in Egypt, because nobody knows about it – very few people at least. And for me, Egypt was a very good example for why it is so hard to fight the practice. It’s a taboo subject. The problem with Egypt as well is, that it’s a dictatorship. There is basically no action on the field. NGO’s have no freedom to do anything. And the traditions are still really anchored in society. Egypt is one of the countries where it’s the most widely spread, but yet with the least initiatives. The first time I came to Egypt I wanted to highlight something more positive. The initiatives, actions, the way the mentality is changing. After a few weeks I actually realized there are no initiatives – nothing. So I had to rethink: How could I highlight the change of mentality when there is no action. That is why I turned towards portraits women who chose to abandon the tradition. It’s still a work in progress. It’s incomplete. Description An account of the resource Work in progress ​ ​ We often tend to restrain Female Genital Mutilation to Subsaharan countries, unaware that the practice actually appeared first in Egypt in pharaonic times, while today 90% of the women aged 15-65 are still victims of circumcision. The khitan-“purification” in Arabic-is now a practice deeply rooted in the social fabric of the country, indifferent of social or religious background. Although the phenomenon has slightly decreased the last decade, the political turmoil and the weight of traditions relying on religious arguments are preventing the implementation of concrete initiatives with real impact. ​ My project therefore focuses on where actual change did occur; it focuses on women who took the decision to not perpetrate the practice despite social pressure. In the process, each woman becomes an activist at her own level. With the lack of effective “top to bottom”efforts, it's important to highlight stories of hope at the roots of society. ​ The project evolves around a series of portraits of these survivors of FGM, depicted with their daughters whom they refused to circumcise. Far from being the passive victims as whom they are usually depicted as, these survivors of FGM have used their own traumatic experience to create positive change. The portraits are a celebration of a possibility of progress, while pointing out the difficulties of the fight and the possible ways to overcome them. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chloe Sharrock Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.sharrockchloe.com/the-purest-choice Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <ul><li>Amnesty International Magazine France</li> <li>Equal Times </li> </ul> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-2019 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed:self-initiated, self-financed Language A language of the resource English, French, Spanish Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Upper Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Umm Malek and Malek – Qalanfil, Delta of Egypt Umm Malek lives in a small muslim village in the Delta of Egypt. She got circumcised at 10 years old and remains profoundly scared by the trauma of that day. « You can easily forget what you’ve eaten on that day, or how the weather was. But you can’t forget the trauma, the pain… » Malek is now fully conscient of the long term consequences of such practice on her mental health as well as in her married woman’s intimate life. « What we tend to ignore is that many divorces happen because of that barbarian practice. Women and men come become unsatisfied, it leads to a lot of frustration and anger. ». After giving birth to a daughter, she started attending awareness sessions lead by a local NGO in a nearby village. The consequences she was facing herself combined to these sessions convinced her for good that she couldn’t perpetrate that practice on her daughter. « I simply couldn’t inflict such misery to my own daughter. I want her to be happily married. » At first, women of her village pressured her to circumcise Malek, threatening that she would never get her daughter married if she didn’t. « But I took these women to the awareness sessions with me, and since then, five of them decided to not cut their daughters ! » Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chloe Sharrock depicting women female photographer interior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/5038f8e98603c58552bf768cecbe5b4d.jpg 9b2424c31266bbee3face17385565b0d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/8c28f4661b3ac6d1568ea12707b96886.jpg 98617f3ada5ebe587decc9e797ae422b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/18c2d75ce3ff4b7c5ba65a3bfc31977a.jpg f8deb11fd6df9a05493d07d5cc1a0487 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/8d122c0d5fc1e178cb7b8b4c5c5bc707.jpg 39dab5512646a96d123794c5be69131b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer non-Egyptian photographer single person per image street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/2e7e0ef2866c5803a3fb75605b52d440.jpg 8eb8df480eb6572ca3df286c36c5ccb3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer non-Egyptian photographer single person per image street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/d146b2f13439bf83c137fb8fb75d2cf7.jpg 3838306784be6ab24f93f81a14c912c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/da4f3b8eb6dad1a88848a84153414a47.jpg dda0615152312f8f1f44c244cb3664f1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/10dd77c31f419ba8c1231660b7337352.jpg 65bee2db70aa9a0a19e0c936933519ce Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer non-Egyptian photographer single person per image street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/2f4ed1c40985e0b8b83d71536c506aad.jpg cb5bad7bfe88420643e8350e32421fbf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/7d6d2534cf1afd65012f853948bb1149.jpg c9c4bf54262bf5a6360724414423af34 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior female photographer non-Egyptian photographer single person per image street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/40d27d486f0b3aaf5dcc7c0c84ea575a.jpg e969ad438d37959571ab4e8118b35de7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transgender In Egypt Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: As a photojournalist, I used to check many different stories and projects from different communities around the world including the transgender stories, but I had never been interested to do a story about the Trangenders in Egypt. Many topics look more important and urgent. In 2017, I received a new challenging assignment from the Norwegian newspaper 'Klassekampen' to discuss the transgender issues in Egypt. It was not easy at all to fulfill what the editor asked for, especially the research phase, but the good point was that the reporter could help me to find cases. Usually, I did search before taking photos as I believe that my work to find data about any topic and then visualize it. The search for this story was really interesting and offered me new information about the situation of the Transgender community in Egypt. Surprisingly, I found that changing your gender was not criminalised in Egypt and there were official ways to do it, but I found also that way was a very bureaucratic process which could take years. After meeting and talking with cases even those who don't want to be photographed, I have understood more and more about this sensitive vulnerable community. In short words, they spent years of struggling inside their families and society to convince relatives that they have the right to change their gender, and then they have to go through a very long process. Their second choice is to change the gender unofficially with doctors who exploit them and then frauding official IDs to change the name and gender. All of these encouraged me to keep going with this story trying to find more cases even after I delivered my assignment to the newspaper, but the sensitive situation for the cases and my limited time prevented me from taking more photos. Description An account of the resource Unfortunately, after as I remember two weeks of searching we found only two cases who accepted to be photographed. The first case was in Cairo for trans man and the second was in Alexandria for a trans woman. We did the first shoot in Cairo with a case called Mohamed Allam who was already a famous transgender in Egypt. The second shoot was more sensitive as our case accepted to be photographed but without showing her face. We did the shooting and I showed the case all photos to decided which ones kept her anonymous. We have also agreed not to publish these photos at any Egyptian publication. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mohamed Ali Eddin Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.alieddin.com/albums/transgender-in-egypt/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available – Klassekampen (Norwegian newspaper), 2017 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned by Klassekampen Language A language of the resource Norwegian Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo, Alexandria Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mohamed Ali Eddin depicting women Egyptian photographer interior male photographer single person per image https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/e1bc17a9bc20f665b566a8265becbaee.jpg a9304f163aec13fed875a0b2c3068c35 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Transgender In Egypt Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: As a photojournalist, I used to check many different stories and projects from different communities around the world including the transgender stories, but I had never been interested to do a story about the Trangenders in Egypt. Many topics look more important and urgent. In 2017, I received a new challenging assignment from the Norwegian newspaper 'Klassekampen' to discuss the transgender issues in Egypt. It was not easy at all to fulfill what the editor asked for, especially the research phase, but the good point was that the reporter could help me to find cases. Usually, I did search before taking photos as I believe that my work to find data about any topic and then visualize it. The search for this story was really interesting and offered me new information about the situation of the Transgender community in Egypt. Surprisingly, I found that changing your gender was not criminalised in Egypt and there were official ways to do it, but I found also that way was a very bureaucratic process which could take years. After meeting and talking with cases even those who don't want to be photographed, I have understood more and more about this sensitive vulnerable community. In short words, they spent years of struggling inside their families and society to convince relatives that they have the right to change their gender, and then they have to go through a very long process. Their second choice is to change the gender unofficially with doctors who exploit them and then frauding official IDs to change the name and gender. All of these encouraged me to keep going with this story trying to find more cases even after I delivered my assignment to the newspaper, but the sensitive situation for the cases and my limited time prevented me from taking more photos. Description An account of the resource Unfortunately, after as I remember two weeks of searching we found only two cases who accepted to be photographed. The first case was in Cairo for trans man and the second was in Alexandria for a trans woman. We did the first shoot in Cairo with a case called Mohamed Allam who was already a famous transgender in Egypt. The second shoot was more sensitive as our case accepted to be photographed but without showing her face. We did the shooting and I showed the case all photos to decided which ones kept her anonymous. We have also agreed not to publish these photos at any Egyptian publication. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mohamed Ali Eddin Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.alieddin.com/albums/transgender-in-egypt/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available – Klassekampen (Norwegian newspaper), 2017 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned by Klassekampen Language A language of the resource Norwegian Type The nature or genre of the resource Portrait photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo, Alexandria Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mohamed Ali Eddin depicting women Egyptian photographer exterior male photographer single person per image https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/ac6ce63f86dc35607dec1f2cff4645c3.jpg 573a1e75558f871c5de0db64c6a847d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Khokha, street for women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: Khaled was assigned to work on a project with Sally Osama; they were working together on a magazine that was supposed to be funded by the Sawiris Foundation, but the project fell apart. They were trying to find examples of marginalized women in society. Khaled had worked already on a project focusing on women who had lost their partners (published in Egypt Independent, currently Mada Masr), which had given him some access to certain groups of women who he would have otherwise not have access to. He wanted to keep working on similar exploratory projects about women in underprivileged conditions due to questions about gender power relations and privilege that were preoccupying him. Khokha was the result, but it was quite the challenge and quite the learning experience. He learnt more about their life patterns, such as what time of the day would be appropriate to engage with them in conversation/take photos. Description An account of the resource "Khokha" is the Arabic for "Peach", Name of a small street in Coptic Cairo and the nickname of Khadija. Khadijah's husband left her in the 70's and people started calling her Khokha, Then till today, All the men in that small street either left their wives because they couldn't withstand the life in a slum Or they died, Now it's a street only for women, Single mothers, either widows or divorced, it's a place where everybody is taking care of everybody. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sabry Khaled Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://sabrykhaled.com/stories/khokha-street-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available It was supposed to be published in that magazine, but it ended up in another news outlet called Hibr. https://www.7iber.com/2015/01/photos-khokha-women-only/?%3E Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: Self-initiated Language A language of the resource English, Arabic Type The nature or genre of the resource Documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sabry Khaled depicting women Egyptian photographer exterior male photographer multiple people per image https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/38127f6cd2d1370487b9d32ec1b519b0.jpg 37a0be8c95755e0117608d6b9b32763d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Khokha, street for women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: Khaled was assigned to work on a project with Sally Osama; they were working together on a magazine that was supposed to be funded by the Sawiris Foundation, but the project fell apart. They were trying to find examples of marginalized women in society. Khaled had worked already on a project focusing on women who had lost their partners (published in Egypt Independent, currently Mada Masr), which had given him some access to certain groups of women who he would have otherwise not have access to. He wanted to keep working on similar exploratory projects about women in underprivileged conditions due to questions about gender power relations and privilege that were preoccupying him. Khokha was the result, but it was quite the challenge and quite the learning experience. He learnt more about their life patterns, such as what time of the day would be appropriate to engage with them in conversation/take photos. Description An account of the resource "Khokha" is the Arabic for "Peach", Name of a small street in Coptic Cairo and the nickname of Khadija. Khadijah's husband left her in the 70's and people started calling her Khokha, Then till today, All the men in that small street either left their wives because they couldn't withstand the life in a slum Or they died, Now it's a street only for women, Single mothers, either widows or divorced, it's a place where everybody is taking care of everybody. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sabry Khaled Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://sabrykhaled.com/stories/khokha-street-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available It was supposed to be published in that magazine, but it ended up in another news outlet called Hibr. https://www.7iber.com/2015/01/photos-khokha-women-only/?%3E Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: Self-initiated Language A language of the resource English, Arabic Type The nature or genre of the resource Documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sabry Khaled depicting women Egyptian photographer interior male photographer multiple people per image https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/f0e5ff482557f3165bcfb3d191cc5fa1.jpg 9228b80baddcc120ed90adbb4bfe1d36 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Khokha, street for women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: Khaled was assigned to work on a project with Sally Osama; they were working together on a magazine that was supposed to be funded by the Sawiris Foundation, but the project fell apart. They were trying to find examples of marginalized women in society. Khaled had worked already on a project focusing on women who had lost their partners (published in Egypt Independent, currently Mada Masr), which had given him some access to certain groups of women who he would have otherwise not have access to. He wanted to keep working on similar exploratory projects about women in underprivileged conditions due to questions about gender power relations and privilege that were preoccupying him. Khokha was the result, but it was quite the challenge and quite the learning experience. He learnt more about their life patterns, such as what time of the day would be appropriate to engage with them in conversation/take photos. Description An account of the resource "Khokha" is the Arabic for "Peach", Name of a small street in Coptic Cairo and the nickname of Khadija. Khadijah's husband left her in the 70's and people started calling her Khokha, Then till today, All the men in that small street either left their wives because they couldn't withstand the life in a slum Or they died, Now it's a street only for women, Single mothers, either widows or divorced, it's a place where everybody is taking care of everybody. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sabry Khaled Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived http://sabrykhaled.com/stories/khokha-street-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available It was supposed to be published in that magazine, but it ended up in another news outlet called Hibr. https://www.7iber.com/2015/01/photos-khokha-women-only/?%3E Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: Self-initiated Language A language of the resource English, Arabic Type The nature or genre of the resource Documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Cairo Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sabry Khaled depicting women Egyptian photographer exterior male photographer multiple people per image https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/ed8ee908ed5762a5d951ddaca1aee539.jpg 0001baf7cb229b34872d427a42c42a4f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/6f64e8a9f575eec992dec8aee07447f3.jpg e91ed0763de0d8fb03374a75482659d5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/2aa5928ff4525751c77b44e286cbdf06.jpg f6ed92dc8712a85f06c90ecf0b655dde Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/86926e838ed63b566ef35ccfd90239ac.jpg 64380c1c631a5dd22e87d63bebf03e07 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior non-Egyptian photographer single person per image street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/9260298803cea955c2b0068238592501.jpg 1fb3da4b942dda0c0175da02cac1b10b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/244552de2b8326cf36acce07f134a443.jpg 0c4a865c03bbfd0f19e7b643e35cbf46 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/5c32442533deb563643fcf43a60a6356.jpg f4e12171e4b9162df7f6a64010a5b6a3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/02c82f1d547aaf8fea5b44a2fa286800.jpg 0811820da7795cbe7ba6003b7001a455 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/a597f48e3cdd969014cc3bd20ae1ed4f.jpg b1d9eeb56b5d7f3a44c8d12f213faee7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/8ab8b2c8a8cd668e2a96a0090cda2e5e.jpg e24547d7b61bdfff7c2960950a687639 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/242ad5362311753040d8068a663aa574.jpg cdbf78bc46ddcf9206ad48abb66057bd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/fca6d4a3efd169bd2b276fcdba21d80d.jpg b4ed41127884705cb2e34ef6bb7c25ea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/3ad7b516ff6700135b05a6787d7fb779.jpg 35a19d2d86b5155efee50a12619f2c60 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior non-Egyptian photographer single person per image street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/0c4e78b6f8c938bf7d1c5db849f02f1b.jpg ef840ab8cef567027a037ed2262448aa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/9d77fff2dad618d2df57ef04253e258e.jpg ecf1600bf2647467b2e4caca8a9602c1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/7ac99c12c38beed7ed5c0bd783dd7441.jpg c34cca5f0138eed8ed35fa925e3acb73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/6445dd4b9424a0b12a87105624444d3b.jpg a0dfe7e1e4361da65a298703585b8dfa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/75567824e59af9840376f2a7dda1a0bc.jpg ce4457af3115bb6976195f8fd61d3c0c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/7b9c61b1010b031e58b15d14fe9464f6.jpg de34cdafae989043cd64881efe6904ed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/1fa7702b76927d05074dd84821624b1e.jpg b20dca96629e114e84797f5a49239a6b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography https://omeka.beyncollective.com/files/original/d0ca28a23e445ed07d73dd99f9f1e90a.jpg dddb0a39e46a36dabcaba51a089c738b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aswan Women Subject The topic of the resource Motivation: When I was photographing around Aswan, portraying the daily – life of the people in different situations on the streets, near their shops, houses, from kids to adults, trying to really understand these places. This ancient city, well known for their Nubian Egyptian splendid temples, but not at all about the people that live here today. Of course I photographed kids, men and also many women, observing how they look like and how their life is very different in this country, comparing to my European, Italian culture. The beauty to see and understand different places is especially interesting when some questions come naturally, observing behaviors and their cultural society mind settings, which drive and move the lives of their inhabitants. As it was very strange to see that a person can dress completely in black, from the head to the feet, when outside is sunny with 48 degrees. Not only it doesn’t look comfortable, but bring you down a lot of energy, being like in a kind of oven. Like all Italian women, that we love the sun and that we have conquered very slowly in the last 50 years, our rights more equal to the men’s right, of course be on the streets of the South of Egypt, is like to be in another “World”. Where the perception of “You” as a woman, became suddenly “strange” and the eyes and mind of the people on the streets look, trade and relate differently then in the Western countries. And the difference is even more deep, if you are an Egyptian woman and not a tourist one. I’ve been in many families situations and many weddings around and I could see how the women roles are inside the family circle and how relate in the outside structure society. The most interesting thing actually is not even the difference with my Italian-Western culture, but the big difference that ironically there is between the Egyptian society today and how was in the ancient temples times, of more then 2.000 years ago, looking like the ancient past is much more futuristic then these “modern” Egyptian times. Where is very clear that the status of the women was more equal and an important part of All the Circles of Life, that the ancient always had a deep relation and respect of all alive creatures, which come to visit this Earth and will go back to the stars, far out there on the sky. Observing how the history events go and change sometimes radically the life of the people and often of women, is a great way to learn how many answers you can have to the same questions, just because you are in a different “Place of Thinking”. We are and we like to be different, but the real important question at the end of the day and of all the times, is: “What we archived as humans, individuals first, with a great power of Thinking and Feel, if it is not permit to really think and feel… and learn more for the good of Everybody??”. But the Women, creators of life, in some places have a really not any individual considerations, to the point that they should cover not only all their body, but also their unique face with their thoughts and feelings expressions of every second of their life. A married woman is a “property” of the husband, that should hide more is possible and be visible and useful just for him and the family related. And this is “Who we are” in some places, but if somebody decide to denied or hide this primordial way to exist and relate with others is all good, but the important that it is not accepted and followed as unfair rules and behaviors that for some reason changed the Women’s life for so long time, without to express often the best of themselves, that is not only clean and cook. In fact, the Egyptians today are not so connected with the ancient Egyptian philosophy of life. They are proud of the old temples which bring a lot of tourists from all over the world, but of course the Muslim Mosques are their reference and home of a different God! I photographed simple, different daily and sometimes funny situations of women in their streets, full of life, colors and movement everywhere, where people are very welcome, playful and ironic. Hopefully the new generations, will understand what is really right between Humans, no matter if Man or Woman, that should be a basic human sense, that in some societies is finally very clear, in other not at all. Woman are great creatures and deserve not to be came like men, but like them, have the chance to express their same and different high human qualities. Description An account of the resource ASWAN, Feb. – May, 2018. Aswan is the southernmost city of Egypt and in the ancient past it was very important, considered the “begin” of the Upper country. It was a trade place with incredible culture and beautiful temples. Most of the Egyptian tombs, temples, colossal statues, obelisks and pyramids were made with huge blocks of particular granite from the famed far southern Aswan quarries. Aswan, being close to the Nubian region on the border between the Arab and African world, was called “The gateway to Africa.” Its glorious pharaonic ancient past is still visible today, but unfortunately only in the stunning beauty of the temples, monuments, tombs and archeological sites along the blue Nile. Thanks to the great work of the UNESCO, twenty-two important Nubian-Egyptian temples were deconstructed and relocated before the end of the construction of the Aswan’s High Dam (1960 – ’76). Save these beautiful ancient temples, like Philae, Kalabsha, Amada, Abu Simbel and others have been vital also for Aswan’s local economy, because they are the main regional international tourist attraction. With the creation of the dam and the largest artificial Lake Nasser, most of the ancient Nubia sinked under the water and around 100,000 Nubians were forced to flee 39 villages. They have been relocated in Sudan and in Egypt and in Aswan there is the biggest number of Nubians, which moved here and in other new 44 villages of the other northern towns. Aswan, today, is well-known for its archeological treasures, but not so much for the life of its modern-day inhabitants. I was interested in discovering and photographing the real identity of this city, with its vivacious and smiling kids, teenagers, men, women and families in the streets, near their houses and where they work. The streets are full of life and sounds, especially in its center, where an old souk expands like a labyrinth and is always bustling day and night. Like in many other countries, strong transformations of religion, culture and politic had shaped until today this country that stil going trough difficult years. Unfortunately, these long years of social and economical problems and the decline of tourism are very visible in all country and also in the degradation of this city. Where many new buildings are unfinished and the oldest ones are degrading for the lack of maintenance, between condos and simple and colored family houses. It was a pity to see the amount of plastic everywhere, especially thinking how beautiful the Nile is around here, clean and mostly untouched on the south area of the city, with many colorful Nubian Villages along the river surrounded by the desert. Interesting aspects between the ancient and modern times, reveal different cultural contrasts and questions about this society’s evolution and how the same descendants have changed, more or less freely, the path of some basic social believe systems. Despite many problems of this interesting country, the Egyptians, especially in Aswan, keep always a smile and a happy loud welcome for any kind of tourist. Many are funny, saying…: ”Welcome to Alaska!” Aswan is one of the hottest, sunniest and driest cities in the world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://monialippi.com/aswan-women/ Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available No. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb. – May 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Approved to publish Relation A related resource Commissioned/supported/financed: self-initiated Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource street photography, documentary photography Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location: Aswan Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Untitled Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Monia Lippi depicting women exterior multiple people per image non-Egyptian photographer street photography