Shawn Baldwin

Egypt

A man sells popcorn from a cart during a moulid in Tanta, Egypt. Every year following the October cotton harvest the Tanta moulid, a religious festival, is held to celebrate the memory of Ahmed al-Bedawi, a local 13th Century Sufi saint. The Tanta moulid, is the largest one held in Egypt attracting at least tens of thousands of people from around the country. October 2008.
   
Hawkers sell cotton candy on the corniche in Alexandria, Egypt. November 2007.
   
Customers look through a window while waiting to buy bread at a small bread factory in a poor neighborhood in Cairo. June 2008.
     
  
People make their way past Al-Azhar mosque, where Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi was the Grand Imam, in the old Islamic area of Cairo. Tantawi, head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials at al-Azhar said. He was 81. March 2010.
   
A young girl looks on as hundreds of people search for survivors after a rockslide hit a Cairo shanty town. Twenty people were killed and hundreds more missing when a massive rockslide hit a crowded Cairo shanty town on Saturday, sending rocks and boulders crashing down on dozens of houses. September 2008.
   
Ahmed Mohamed Sayyid Mohamed prays prior to the main Friday prayer at the Sayyida Zeinab mosque in Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed prays before and after the main prayer for extra 'points'. November 2007.
     
  
Customers look on as a worker pours sugar cane juice at the Saad Afifi Sons - Sugarcane Juice shop in Cairo, Egypt. The juice made from sugar cane sells for less than 10 cents each. May 2007.
   
Brides and grooms prior to a ceremony at the mass wedding in Idku. November 2007.
   
Men pray inside of Al-Azhar mosque, where Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi was the Grand Imam, in the old Islamic area of Cairo. Tantawi, head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials at al-Azhar said. He was 81. March 2010.
     
  
Newlyweds celebrated their marriage as friends and relatives danced on a bridge over the Nile in Cairo. November 2007.
   
A woman makes her way through a busy downtown street in Cairo. December 2009.
   
A shepherd keeps watch over his flock on a busy street in Cairo. Cairo is home to 15 million and often described as the center of the Arab world, an incubator of culture and ideas. But it is also a collection of villages, a ruralized metropolis where people live by their wits and devices, cut off from the authorities, the law and often each other. January 2007.
     
  
Fishermen ply their trade on the Nile in Cairo. Cairo is home to 15 million and often described as the center of the Arab world, an incubator of culture and ideas. But it is also a collection of villages, a ruralized metropolis where people live by their wits and devices, cut off from the authorities, the law and often each other. January 2007.
   
An Egyptian woman leaves a voting booth at a polling station in Alexandria, Egypt. Egyptian police restricted voting in areas contested by the opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday and detained hundreds of Islamists trying to build on early success in parliamentary elections. November 2005.
   
Egyptian women hold a poster of Makarem el-Dairi, left, a 55-year old widow and holder of a PH.D. in Arabic literature and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood who is running as an independent for a seat in parliament, during a march/rally in Cairo. Makarem has just become the only woman in Egypt's election campaign to run under the banner of the Muslim Brotherhood, the banned group that says woman's place is first and foremost in the home. November 2005.
     
  
Egyptians have tea and coffee at el-Fishawy Cafe. in the Khan el-Khalili market during Ramadan in Islamic Cairo. September 2009.
  
People ride camels alongside the pyramids in Giza on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. December 2009.
   
The Citadel at sunset in Cairo, Egypt. December 2009.