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Tunis Village, Fayoum, Egypt · 2026
I went to Tunis Village in Fayoum planning to stay for a week. One week became two, then somehow became more. It is only around two hours from Cairo, but the calm felt much farther away from the city than that. I got addicted to the slower days, the food, the quiet, and eventually to what Tunis Village is known for most: pottery. You walk through the village and clay is everywhere.
Much of that story is connected to Evelyne Porret, the Swiss artist who came to Tunis and helped build a community around pottery. She is gone now, but a street still carries her name. I kept thinking about that while I was there. What does it mean to leave something behind that continues to shape a place after you are no longer in it? The craft continued, people made it their own, and today pottery is part of the identity of the village. That is the kind of legacy I understand. Art that stays for another day.
Part of A Human Trace — Collection 01.
