"From Cairo to Beirut" is an illustrated travel memoir of the author's journey to retrace a 200-year-old route of Scottish artist David Roberts。 Shinde traveled a route through Cairo， Sinai， Petra， Palestine， Israel， and Lebanon -- ancient lands steeped in natural beauty， culture， architecture， and history -- armed with a sketchbook and pencils to sketch and discover a region far removed from the newspaper headlines。 Many times， Shinde stood within a 10-foot radius of where Roberts stood， and sketched what he sketched。 The book includes 250 original sketches by the author and 25 lithographs from David Roberts。