Alexandria: A History and a Guide Jews while striking modern color photographs

while striking modern color photographs showcase the elegant simplicity of the buildings architecture and decoration

ecstasy and ennui

dares to peer through the mashrabeya from which the women view the world

Although these unique treasures are among the most stunning to have survived from antiquity

The Silk Roads were no exotic series of connections

Alexandria: A History and a Guide Jews while striking modern color photographsE. M. Forster "Alexandria is still alive and alters even when one tries to sum her up . . . . Only the climate, only the north wind and the sea remain as pure as when Menelaus, the first visitor, landed three thousand years ago." In the autumn of 1915, in a "slightly heroic mood", E. M. Forster arrived in Alexandria, full of lofty ideals as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Yet most of his time was spent exploring "the magic, antiquity and complexity" of