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Having lived in Egypt for several years, Tamara Davison knows the capital can feel rushed and chaotic – but in Maadi she ...
Egypt is building a new city, known as the "New Administrative Capital," 30 miles east of Cairo. Construction on the 270-square-mile area began in 2016, and once complete it could hold as many as ...
CAIRO — For centuries, sultans and princes, saints and scholars, elites and commoners have been buried in two sprawling cemeteries in Egypt’s capital, creating a unique historic city of the dead.
Thirty miles from Cairo, Egypt, the new city is projected to house five million residents and become a hub for government, sports and business operations.
The mausoleum of Rashwan Basha, built around 1920 in a new-Islamic style housing the graves and now threatened with demolition, is seen in Cairo's historic City of the Dead, Egypt, Sept. 1, 2023 ...
After spending two weeks exploring the Cairo’s interesting food, vibrant culture, and nonstop energy, we fell in love with the city.
Being the largest metropolis in the Arab World, Cairo attracts countless numbers of tourists, students and ex-pats every year. Those looking to get a glimpse into Egypt's history and experience ...
How much Egypt's centre of gravity shifts from Cairo to the new capital, 45 km from the Nile, is unclear. For many ordinary Egyptians, for whom the bustling city has been home for generations, the ...
Egypt’s president is building a new capital city to replace Cairo. It eventually will be the size of Singapore and home to 6.5 million people.
Cairo’s ancient City of the Dead is to be demolished under plans aimed at easing traffic jams in Egypt ’s congested capital city.
Safaa Latif works at her loom. Credit: Elizabeth MacBride CAIRO-The air is rank with the smell of trash in Cairo’s Garbage City. But behind a gate and at the end of a long walkway leading away ...