TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Nile River, photos by Cecilia Brainard

Friday, November 23, 2012

Nile River, photos by Cecilia Brainard

I took these pictures of the Nile River, Egypt. In general the Nile was clean, although there were parts that were dirty. Ancient Egyptian texts show how the deceased must deny polluting or damming the Nile. (In other words, to pollute or dam the Nile were sins.)

Cebu, and the rest of the Philippines - are you listening? Save Our Rivers!
~Cecilia Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.