FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHY

A foreign bellydancer parts the smoke laden dance floor before a packed crowd at a Pyramids road hotel in Cairo on July 2, 2005

BELEDI DANCE

An Egyptian art form inspires and influences cultural exchange.

Personifications of character and identity captured in portrait.

FACES

Personifications of character and identity captured in portrait.

Peace derailed by religion. Take stock of a land and people divided by faith.

HOLY LAND?

Peace derailed by religion. Take stock of a land and people divided by faith.

Palestinian militants ditch their masks but not their guns and head for the beach at Neve Dekalim in the Gaza Strip.

GAZA GAZE

Palestinians take control during the 2005 Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

Ara Ayer

Editorial and commercial projects are my forte.

I’m Ara - an award-winning video journalist and photographer who’s reported from more than 20 countries.

I present, write, shoot, edit and produce stories for broadcast, web and print publications.