User:Mounira Makar/sandbox

Life In Egypt
In 1827 when he reached Egypt, he was hired by the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, as a civil engineer. He spent many years living as an Egyptian adopting the name Idriss-effendi, learning to speak Arabic and even converting to Islam. He's stated that adopting Egyptian culture resulted in a greater understanding of Egyptian society and people. He left Egypt in 1836 in order to pursue his love for art history.

Oriental Album
In 1848, he contributed 30 lithograph images depicting the people living on the Nile Valley to a costume book titled Oriental Album written by James Augustus St. John who was an author and traveler.