From Cairo to Beirut: In the Footsteps of an 1839 Expedition through the Holy Land. This item is unavailable.From Cairo to Beirut: In the Footsteps of an 1839 Expedition through the Holy Land

"From Cairo to Beirut" is an illustrated travel memoir of the author's journey to retrace a 200-year-old route of Scottish artist David Roberts. Shinde traveled a route through Cairo, Sinai, Petra, Palestine, Israel, and Lebanon -- ancient lands steeped in natural beauty, culture, architecture, and history -- to sketch and discover a region far removed from the newspaper headlines. Many times, Shinde stood within a 10-foot radius of where Roberts stood, and sketched what he sketched. The book includes 250 original sketches by the author and 25 lithographs from David Roberts.

Sunil Shinde has been an ardent Urban Sketcher since 2013 and is a correspondent for the Urban Sketchers blog, urbansketchers.org. Over the last twenty years, Sunil has traveled to over thirty countries, tracing stories of history, religion, and culture. When he isn’t traveling, he is dreaming of traveling. He is also building an AI-based population health product in stealth mode. He lives in a cottage in the woods in Redmond, WA, with his wife, two daughters, and their golden retriever, Oscar.