T: Taxis
T is for Taxis – The Drivers and the Dashboards! This friendly face fought the traffic of Cairo to drive us from downtown to Ma’adi. Taxi drivers often (but not always!) amaze me with their patience…and their dashboards always enter

B: Birds
Since I am not in Egypt at the moment and did not travel with my folder of photos, I’d thought I’d take the opportunity over the next couple of weeks to highlight some other photographers and resources. Daniele Occhiato has shared some AMAZING photos of birds from several of his trips to Egypt and Sinai on PBase.com. I dream of being able to take photographs like him! And of having his camera and lenses.

B: Balancing Bread
Balancing Baladi Bread This talented vendor has gone beyond balancing just the one tray of baladi(local) bread on his head! He carried this triple-decker load through iftarcrowds just minutes before sunset at the famous Al Hussein Mosque. This could possibly be more challenging than riding a bicycle through traffic.  :)  Learn more about baladi bread 

M: Men
M is for Men And this lovely man is Shaban who worked as our bow-wab (doorman) in New Ma’adi for over five years. He was the best bow-wab I have ever had – such a hard worker and he always had a smile on his face! This photo was taken at his house in Imbaba when he invited us over to meet his family and share a meal. Shaban no longer works as a bow-wab and I hope he is enjoying his well-deserved retirement!

C: Creative Commons
Okay, time for the truth about Creative Commons and the answer to: What does it mean if a photo is released under a CC-license? While there is no ONE right answer to this question, there are definitely some wrong ones. Let’s consider the questions from my previous post: * It does more than just tell you the photographer or author. * You can download the photo for free, but you can’t always do whatever you want with it. * You do not need to ask permission to use CC-licensed work. * Sometimes you can alt