Before going to Egypt, I was told that taking pictures would be hard, if not impossible. Ok, I said, let’s do a project about not doing it, then. But in Cairo it proved to be all wrong: I was stopped in the streets by young guys asking me to take their picture. An old man biking over the bridge crossing the Nile in heavy traffic shouted out »Welcome to Egypt!«. Another man hung out from the bus to ensure that I could take his picture. No shortage of photo opportunities — people even took instructions! And never demanded to see the result.

But, as a friend of mine asked later: »Are there no women in Cairo?«. Good question.