Arabian horse… RAS Studbooks After 1952 6 Sep 202517 Sep 2025 A case study of RAS Vol. I also known as History of Arabian Horse Breeding in Egypt For the purpose of providing accurate transliteration and pronunciation of some Arabic words…
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…
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… Escaping the Massacre 18 Feb 202415 Nov 2024 The Mamluke who escaped the Citadel's massacre fueled the imagination of artists, novelists, historians, as well as my curiosity. On Friday, 1st of March 1811, Mohamed Ali Pasha, viceroy of…
Arabian horse… Omar Sharif, The Horseman 10 Feb 202425 Aug 2025 Omar Sharif with the champion Don Bosco, David Smaga and Grégory Benoist. Source: France-Sire.com It has been nine years since Omar Sharif passed away. To this day, not a single…
Arabian horse… The Artistic Legacy of the Last Caliph 27 May 202325 Aug 2025 Play this audio file to listen to my article! It might come as a surprise to many that painting and playing music were practiced in a dynasty that claimed 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… Prince Mohammed Ali’s Spectacular Appearance at the Jubilee 6 Jun 20226 May 2025 The celebrations of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II brought to my mind the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in which Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik had participated.In his…
The Horse in Word and Picture 