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Laura El-Tantawy recently released a newspaper version of her book, In the Shadow of the Pyramids. This new format offers a different experience from the book, taking away the personal narrative in favor of the words of the people. And this, in Arabic, because it’s the language of the revolution, as well as the photographer’s first language.

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Egypt : Laura El-Tantawy In the Shadow of the Pyramids

We enter Laura El-Tantawy’s book through the tiny door, after swallowing the bitter potion of History. As in a dream, the almost illegible images of the first pages gradually become clear as we pass from a small format to double-page spreads which draw the reader into the whirlwind that has devastated Egypt over the past ten years. We follow the emotional chaos that El-Tantawy experienced upon her return from the United States, in 2005, against a background of political decadence.