Faces of Egypt: Images and Observations - Softcover

Doyle, Deborah Shea

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566569613 ISBN 13: 9781566569613

Publisher: Olive Branch Press, 2013

Synopsis

A lavish celebration of the lives of a wonderful people. For ten years, photographer Deborah Shea Doyle traveled throughout Egypt-from bustling Cairo to remote parts of the Sinai region-to explore the landscape and learn about the lives of ordinary Egyptians, especially the Bedouins. She visited large cities and small villages and traversed through the country's inaccessible areas, which presented her with a gold mine of opportunities to capture and record interesting faces of people she encountered along the way. Her splendid collection of photographs of ordinary Egyptian men, women, and children as they work and play in their everyday lives invites readers to discover Egypt and its people as they have not been seen before. The humanity captured through her expert lens is matched by an engaging text and observations that give readers insight into the local customs and habits.

About this title

About the Author:

Deborah Shea Doyle is a Florida-based photographer. She lived in Egypt for ten years, spending half her time there in Cairo and the other half among the Bedouins in El Gorah in Northeast Sinai. Her photos were exhibited widely, including a major exhibit at the American University in Cairo s Sony Gallery.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 6 Up—During the 10 years Doyle lived in Egypt as a teacher and wife of a foreign service employee, she photographed numerous ordinary Egyptian men, women, and children in Cairo and throughout the country, resulting in this compilation of beautiful, color images, accompanied by explanatory text. Doyle's love and respect for the people she is recording is evident from her sensitive and often poignant pictures and descriptions of her subjects, their lives, and their work. This book's lack of an index limits its usefulness for school assignments, and it seems primarily aimed at adult readers. However, this collection gives readers insight into everyday life in contemporary Egypt in a way that other, more conventional titles do not, making it a potentially good addition for sociology or world cultures classes.—Kathleen E. Gruver, Burlington County Library, Westampton, NJ

About this edition

• Publisher: Olive Branch Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1566569613
• ISBN 13: 9781566569613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• Illustrator: Doyle Deborah Shea