Egypt
- Conservation: Gammaliya
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A FEW steps away from Al-Muizz Street, which is now preserved as an open-air museum of Islamic monuments, stands the area of Gammaliya which now awaits its turn to be revamped and returned to its glorious heyday once the...
- Travel: A Walking Tour Of Cairo
Times Online (Anthony Sattin) Cairo’s old city has long been famous for the three Cs: crowds, crumbling buildings and . . . overflowing sewers. A decade-long restoration programme, however, and extensive sewage works have made its main street fit for...
- Travel: Cairo In The Fast Lane
South African (Nick Boulos) An evocative account of a day in Cairo. Very few people can afford a new car and even fewer can afford insurance. As a result, disputes over collisions are resolved at the roadside and generally involve lots of shouting and...
- Travel: Not Far From Cairo's Madding Crowds
The Sydney Morning Herald (David Wroe) Cairo is, to my mind, one of the world's great cities, whatever its shortcomings. With a population of 18 million, the crush of people is suffocating. If you're a woman, the young men on the street can be...
- Travel/tourism: Cities Of The Dead Off Tourist Route
The Age A disturbing piece about the use of Islamic cemeteries for accomodation by 600,000 of Cairo's poorest people. Thirty years ago, Umm Antar's husband ran off with another woman, leaving her with no money and four daughters to feed. She was...
Egypt
Travel: Sands of time
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21427354-5006339,00.html
"As we leave the airport, weary with jet lag, Egypt begins to weave its magic. Elaborate mosques and sprawling government buildings compete for space alongside housing block ruins. Laundry, surprisingly bright in colour despite the heavy pollution, billows in the wind. It hangs outside many a run-down apartment window to dry in the warm Cairo breeze. Egypt's beauty lies in its startling contradictions. The bustling cities and the desert lands. It's there on the streets - donkeys trot down the main roads pulling heavy carts weighed down with people and produce."
Accompanied by six rather nice photographs. See the above page for more.
- Conservation: Gammaliya
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) A FEW steps away from Al-Muizz Street, which is now preserved as an open-air museum of Islamic monuments, stands the area of Gammaliya which now awaits its turn to be revamped and returned to its glorious heyday once the...
- Travel: A Walking Tour Of Cairo
Times Online (Anthony Sattin) Cairo’s old city has long been famous for the three Cs: crowds, crumbling buildings and . . . overflowing sewers. A decade-long restoration programme, however, and extensive sewage works have made its main street fit for...
- Travel: Cairo In The Fast Lane
South African (Nick Boulos) An evocative account of a day in Cairo. Very few people can afford a new car and even fewer can afford insurance. As a result, disputes over collisions are resolved at the roadside and generally involve lots of shouting and...
- Travel: Not Far From Cairo's Madding Crowds
The Sydney Morning Herald (David Wroe) Cairo is, to my mind, one of the world's great cities, whatever its shortcomings. With a population of 18 million, the crush of people is suffocating. If you're a woman, the young men on the street can be...
- Travel/tourism: Cities Of The Dead Off Tourist Route
The Age A disturbing piece about the use of Islamic cemeteries for accomodation by 600,000 of Cairo's poorest people. Thirty years ago, Umm Antar's husband ran off with another woman, leaving her with no money and four daughters to feed. She was...