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The Suburbs of Cairo

Fouad Elkoury

Art & Photography
Granta 34
14th November 1990

Fouad Elkoury’s photographs of life in Cairo’s suburbs.

Fouad Elkoury

Fouad Elkoury lives in Paris. He was born in Beirut and is the author of a book of photographs of his home city, Beyrouth - Aller-Retour.

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