Sinai’s allure is legendary. Its spectacular landscapes, thriving flora and fauna, and unique history, the store of centuries, have long held sway in the imagination of millions. The high mountains and wadis of the peninsula’s south provide the fertile soil that feeds some of Egypt’s highest diversity of plants, while foxes, vipers, lizards, and tortoises are just some of the animals that make their home in the north, which is characterized by lagoons and vast dunes of soft sand. Sinai: Landscape and Nature in Egypt’s Wilderness transports us to the haunting grandeur of this peninsula with 150 breathtaking full-color photographs. Omar Attum’s discerning eye shows us blood-red mountains, animals in natural repose and habitat, solitary trees and flowers, and fugitive strips of water, conveying stark beauty and enormous vulnerability, an abundance of life yet utter, devastating peace. The photographs are accompanied by an evocative introduction by Attum to Sinai’s wildlife and landscape.
Sinai
Landscape and Nature in Egypt’s Wilderness
Omar Attum
15 October 2014
192 pp.
150 color photographs
25X25cm
ISBN 9789774166617
For sale worldwide
$39.95
Omar Attum is a wildlife biologist and professor at Indiana University Southeast who fell in love with Sinai at the age of sixteen. He has been conducting wildlife research and surveys in the peninsula since 1998. A self-taught photographer, his credits include National Geographic magazine, The Courier Journal, Outdoor Photographer, Popular Photography, Shutterbug, Egypt Today, and The Jordan Times. He is the recipient of a Blue Earth Alliance Photography fellowship.
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