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Roll, Jordan, Roll (publication) Cairo, 2026

Roll, Jordan, Roll: Stereographic River, Colonial Hydropolitics, opens with a 1913 stereograph of women pilgrims wading through the Jordan's mud, twin images fused into one three-dimensional illusion that let distant audiences possess the river without setting foot on it. Printed in English and Arabic editions as a companion volume to my photography and poetry publication Blue-Black Liver, also designed by Engy Aly. The essay contextualizes the photographs in Blue-Black Liver historically and politically.

A revised and expanded version appears in The Avery Review, October 2026. Notes and corrections to the printed edition: manarmoursi.com/jordan

Stockists: Zabriskie (Berlin) · Cahier Central (Brussels) · Librairie Sans Titre (Paris) · Antenne Books (London) · Printed Matter (New York) · Contemporary Image Collective (Cairo)

Text by Manar Moursi. Images from the Library of Congress and The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive. Designed by Engy Aly. Printed in Cairo.