The Dog Sat Where We Parted

A personal project of one year long path through army service in Egypt. Army service is obligatory for all eligible men here. I could not travel or work unless I do my time. 

Apart from endless guarding hours, miles of walks everyday, caring for the ill and tending for the wounded as a doctor, I spent my year of service on a trail around the country. I spent most of it in solitude. Suddenly, my aspirations, dreams, feardoms, even my haircut looked just like everyone else’s. It was one of the greatest challenges in my life; to be stripped away of my individuality, to submit and to find comfort in a stranger’s company who looked and dressed just like me.