equestrian… Al-Mirmah in International Publications 16 Sep 202516 Sep 2025 The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (RPS) publishes the photographic projects of its members. In the International Members e-Magazine, one of the publications of RPS, published an article I…
Arabian horse… El Nasser Shaarawi 5 Sep 20255 Sep 2025 A scanned image of the letter Dr Mohamed El Marsafi sent to Judith Forbis. In the right handside, El Nasser Shaarawi is listed. No photograph available of this stallion. Breeders…
Arabian horse… THE 1968 General Stud book 7 Jan 2025 I purchased this Arabic edition of the 1968 General Studbook, prefaced by Dr. Amin Zaher, last year from El Zahraa library, together with other English and Arabic stud books. To…
history… The Importance of The Levant and Anatolia to Egypt: in Ancient and Modern Times 5 Jan 20255 May 2025 Photo of Ibn Mansour (Mansour x Bint Rissala) at RAS (later renamed EAO). Source: Tārīkh Tarbiyat Al-Khuyūl Al-ʻArabīyah fī Miṣr by Abd al-'Alīm 'Ashoub I was preparing an article and…
Ancient History… Iconography of Horses in ancient Egypt 7 Dec 20245 May 2025 Iconography of Ancient Egyptian Horses - an Interview. Lonneke Delpeut, an Egyptologist specialized in visual culture, talks to us about the representation of horses in ancient Egyptian tombs and temples.…
equestrian… The Horse in Mamluk Military: The Dongola Horse 8 Nov 202422 Dec 2024 Was the Dongola Horse the preferred mount of the Mamluks? This is the question I sought to answer. I was well aware that the Mamluks did not exclusively favour the…
equestrian… Equestrian Traditions in Upper Egypt: al-Mirmah 30 Apr 20236 May 2025 At the Swiss Institute of Archaeology in Zamalek, I delivered a lecture on one of the equestrian traditions of Upper Egypt known as al-Mirmah to members of the Friends of…
Arabian horse… Wegdan El Barbary: History in Photographs 25 Jan 202315 Nov 2024 In the autumn of 2008, I paid Wegdan El Barbary (aka Dani) a visit to learn about the Arabian horse. Actually, I used to pay Dani many visits, and I…
Arabian horse… Arabic Manuscripts on Furusiyya and Veterinary Science 4 Jun 202115 Nov 2024 This article was first published in Arabisches Pferd In The Focus. “History is an art… and worthy of being considered a branch of wisdom”said Ibn Khaldoun, the medieval historian and…
Arabian horse… A Day at El Zahraa 1 Jan 20215 May 2025 This article was first published on StraightEgyptians.com in October 2008. Two days before the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, Dr. Nasr Marei and Ivisited El Zahraa on a…
The Horse in Word and Picture 