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Geziret El Dahab, or “The Golden Island,” is Cairo’s countryside in miniature.
Nestled between the Nile’s two banks, it feels like a pastoral secret hidden within a metropolis. It breathes with the rhythm of the river.
In recent times, the island has seen the construction of the El-Dahab Palace by Prince Naguib Sharkas, blending Mamluk architectural elements into a modern homage to the island’s history.
It’s a quiet, enduring poem in a city defined by noise and monumentality.
This sketch was my way of preserving that stillness—of catching the breath between the honks.
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