For five weeks from 15 June to 20 July, the Goethe Institute in Cairo hosted the pictures of nine photographers from countries overlooking the River Nile. The work by mostly newcomers to the photography scene offered diverse perspectives on what the Nile means to people living in the countries it flows through.
“The Nile is a very complex and layered story. It is not just a watercourse that moves across 11 countries from upstream to…

