Here are some photos:
Resort where Fulbright retreat took place in Za'afarana
Pool at Resort
Our room at the resort
Lobby of Resort
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I recently went to Edinburgh for a British Sociological Society conference focusing on the sociology of religion. Here are some pictures of Edinburgh:  Mayfield Guest House where I stayed the first and last nights  Street up from my Guest House in Edinburgh  One of the many churches in Edinbugh that closed down and became something else: in this case a community center  Saudi Funded Mosque near Univ. of Edinburgh  Elephant House, where JK Rowling wrote "Harry Potter"  Picturesque Street Scene in downtown Edinburgh  Absolutely beautiful church that has been turned into a cafe  Edinburgh Castle  School upon which Hogwarts was based, from mound of Edinburgh Castle  Statue of Protestant reformer John Knox in square of theology school at Edingburgh University  Center of Presbyterian learning at Univ of Edinburgh  Presbyterian (Church of Scotland) seminary from down the hill  St. Giles church in the heart of Edinburgh  Inside St. Giles  Inside St. Giles Church  Inside St. Giles  Organ inside St. Giles  "Arthur's Seat" high above Edinburgh  Holyrood Palace: Home of Queen when in Scotland  Inner Courtyard of Holyrood Palace  12th Cent. Abby next to Holyrood Palace  Abby at Holyrood Palace  Holyrood Abby from 12th Century  Statue of Adam Smith, famous Scottish theorist  Royal Mile in Edinburgh  Dorms we stayed in for conference at Edinburgh Univ.  Edinburgh Center run by Hugh Goddard  Main Library at Univ. Edinburgh  David Hume Statue in Edinburgh Last week I got the opportunity to travel to Beruit, Lebanon. Here are some photos:  Panel of Speakers at AUB  Other panelists  Reps from Prince Alwaleed Foundation  AUB Plaza looking toward front gate  AUB Church on campus  Main Library on AUB campus  Clock Tower of Main dorm at AUC  Looking in Main gate of AUB at former dormatory  Front door of Main Library at AUB  Bliss Street outside AUB main gate  Main gate from Bliss Street  Nearly 150 years of education  "Qahwa" on Bliss street  Krispy Kreme in Beruit!  Bliss Street looking at main AUB gate  AUB Church  Banyan Tree at AUB  The Mediterranean Sea from campus of AUB  The "Quad" at AUB  AUB Observatory  AUB Observatory  History Museum on campus of AUB  Muhammad Al-Amine Mosque in downtown Beruit  Inside Al-Amine Mosque  Chandelier in Mosque  Ceiling and dome of Mosque  Dome and Half-Dome of Mosque  Beautiful prayer hall  St. George Maronite Catholic Church (next to Al-Amine Mosque)  Side chapel in St. Georges Maronite Church  Ancient Roman ruins in downtown Beruit  Roman ruins in downtown Beruit  Mosque and Church next to each other
 View of inside of St. George Orthodox (couldn't use camera inside)  St. George Orthodox  Outside of St. George Orthodox Ivy’s Beginner Band had their concert recently at her CAC school. Here are some pictures.  Ivy in Back in Clarinet section  Ivy's Band  Ivy and Maya in front of CAC Obelisk Downtown Cairo is a great place to visit. Here are some of my favorite places since I’ve been here:  Metro Tunnel to AUC  Tahrir Square  Hardees and KFC across from AUC Tahrir  Antiquities Museum at Tahrir  Felfela Restaurant down Talat Harb Street  Felfela Restaurant  19th Century downtown Cairo building  Groupi's in Downtown Cairo  Talat Harb Street looking toward Mugamma  Another shot of Groupi's  Cafe Riche  Inside Cafe Riche Here are some photos from CAC, where the girls go to school:  Down Road 253 on the way to CAC Actually, the above road is 205, right outside out apartment  Midan right before CAC on walk to school  The grounds of CAC  Soccer fields at CAC, looking at Middle School building  Looking at the CAC playground and new Elementary school building  Ivy and Maya at CAC statue in front of Fine Arts Building Last weekend, we took a trip by train to Alexandria. Here are some photos:  Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria  Display of statues around Pompey's Pillar  Shelf in 2nd ancient library of Alexandria  Hallway in Ancient library  Katie and Ivy in the ancient library  Hallway and stairs in ancient library  Stairway in ancient library  Another staircase picture (just cool looking)  Pillar from below  Sphinx moved from Heliopolis in Cairo to Alexandria  Katie and the girls in front of Sphinx  Greek column with Christian symbol added later in Alexandria  Our hotel room at the Metropole in Alexandria  Roman ampithethre in middle of Alexandria  Mosaic floor in Roman Ampitheter  Roman Bath in Alex  Roman Ruins in Alexandria near Ampitheter Maya’s Cairo Girl Scout Troop celebrated World Scouting Day at Cairo American College last week. Her scout leader, Amira Sakka, is the woman wearing the hijab. She is from Malaysia. Cool!  Maya's troup  Maya dressed up  Performing a song On Feb. 23, Fulbright sponsored a film and panel discussion on religious dialog in Egypt. It focused on Muslims and Christians. Here are some photos:  Panel leading discussion  Audience for the discussion (Sondoss and Sherif in foreground) Last weekend we took the train to Zamelek and spent the 70 LE per person to take a ride up into the Cairo Tower, supposedly the largest free-standing concrete tower in the world. Here are some pictures:  Looking out on the Nile  Pink Building is the Egyptian Museum downtown in Tahrir Square  Looking south along the Nile toward Maadi  The Tower from the ground  Base of Tower with Egyptian national symbol |
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