The Leopard https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:55:22 GMT World Nomads Adventures In the past couple years I've been travelling throughout the Middle East trying to create a body of photography documenting the current conditions of the people in their living situation. After witnessing first-hand the tension that was slowly building in these Arab nations and the result of that tension, my fascination with the region has grown tremendously. My hope is that by documenting and listening to the actual voices of the people, rather than talking heads on the news, we can expose the truth on the ground and how the overwhelming disconnect between what we see in the media versus what is really happening. After my brief time in the Middle East, I've realized that the disparity between these two perspectives is a bigger problem than any amount of terrorism or veil could ever hope to be. https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37768/Egypt/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Egypt farruggio https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37768/Egypt/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37768/Egypt/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:48:00 GMT 0 During a horseback exploration in the Negev desert, I stumbled upon a family living in a crater of a mountain. https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37767/Jordan/Bedouin-family-in-the-Negev-Desert Travel Jordan farruggio https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37767/Jordan/Bedouin-family-in-the-Negev-Desert#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37767/Jordan/Bedouin-family-in-the-Negev-Desert Mon, 11 Jun 2012 06:38:00 GMT 0 https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37760/Kuwait/Iraqi-invaded-Kuwait Travel Kuwait farruggio https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37760/Kuwait/Iraqi-invaded-Kuwait#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37760/Kuwait/Iraqi-invaded-Kuwait Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:09:00 GMT 0 The following photographs were taken only a few months before the revolution occured in Egypt. https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37761/Egypt/Cairo Travel Egypt farruggio https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37761/Egypt/Cairo#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/farruggio/photos/37761/Egypt/Cairo Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:16:00 GMT 0