The mosque of Muhammed Ali, with its slender and elegant twin minarets, is one of Cairo’s most prominent landmarks. It is visible in the two photographs of Cairo that I’ve already posted. Muhammed Ali was appointed as the Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt in 1805, by the Sublime Porte. He commissioned this mosque, which was built…

Another view from the minaret.

It actually rained very lightly while we were walking along this small beach in Alexandria about three weeks ago. Generally though, the weather in Egypt was warm and sunny – in stark contrast to the wet and windy weather we’re having in London at the moment.

I’m back in London after a hectic – but fantastic – week in Egypt. Of the hundreds of photographs that I took on the trip, this is one of my favourites. It shows part of old Cairo as seen through a peephole in the minaret of a medieval mosque. I’ll be posting more of my…