Between 15 and 20 people died when two trains collided outside of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday night, and officials expect the death toll to rise, the country's Health Ministry said.
Between 15 and 20 people died when two trains collided outside of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday night, and officials expect the death toll to rise, the country's Health Ministry said.
Home of the ancient pyramids and the Arab League, Cairo blends three thousand years of Egyptian history. Today, this sprawling capital, Africa's largest city, teems with life and sound.
The ancient Persian capital of Persepolis, in a vast and arid plain 40 miles from Shiraz in southern Iran, is the greatest ancient site between the Holy Land and India. This is a rare place that actually exceeded my high expectations.
Egyptian security forces have raided the houses of Muslim Brotherhood members and arrested more than 90 people from the banned political group, the Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday on its Web site.
Cairo is a lodestone of civilization, the center of a complex field of geographical, historical and cultural currents compressed into one chaotic megalopolis on the banks of the Nile. Egyptians proudly refer to their capital as the "Mother of all Cities." Medieval Arabs called it the "Mother of the World." For centuries it has been a natural meeting point between African, Arabic and European cultures. To walk through Cairo -- from the pyramids at Giza, via the Roman-influenced old town, the mosques and souks of Ottoman-era Darb al-Ahmar, the Garden City's Art Deco suburbs to Nasser's secular modernism -- is to step along a seismic fault line of epochs and empires. Yet in its modern incarnation, Cairo inspires more awe than love. Overcrowded, overflowing and overstretched, Cairo is home to more than 16 million people, with an estimated 13 square centimeters of greenery for each of them. As the suburbs begin to creep around them, even the pyramids are no longer sacred space. Away from the tourist routes, bi
If you're a movie lover and want to go back in time to imagine that you're in "The Maltese Falcon" or "Indiana Jones" then Cairo is for you! A sprawling buzzing mass of humanity.
Picture this: Egypt's chief of counterterrorism, a two-star general, has been posted to Giza. Because of the nature of his work, he lives in constant fear of attack--and yet he does not drive an ar...
Between 15 and 20 people died when two trains collided outside of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday night, and officials expect the death toll to rise, the country's Health Ministry said.
Between 15 and 20 people died when two trains collided outside of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday night, and officials expect the death toll to rise, the country's Health Ministry said.
Home of the ancient pyramids and the Arab League, Cairo blends three thousand years of Egyptian history. Today, this sprawling capital, Africa's largest city, teems with life and sound.
The ancient Persian capital of Persepolis, in a vast and arid plain 40 miles from Shiraz in southern Iran, is the greatest ancient site between the Holy Land and India. This is a rare place that actually exceeded my high expectations.
Egyptian security forces have raided the houses of Muslim Brotherhood members and arrested more than 90 people from the banned political group, the Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday on its Web site.
Cairo is a lodestone of civilization, the center of a complex field of geographical, historical and cultural currents compressed into one chaotic megalopolis on the banks of the Nile. Egyptians proudly refer to their capital as the "Mother of all Cities." Medieval Arabs called it the "Mother of the World." For centuries it has been a natural meeting point between African, Arabic and European cultures. To walk through Cairo -- from the pyramids at Giza, via the Roman-influenced old town, the mosques and souks of Ottoman-era Darb al-Ahmar, the Garden City's Art Deco suburbs to Nasser's secular modernism -- is to step along a seismic fault line of epochs and empires. Yet in its modern incarnation, Cairo inspires more awe than love. Overcrowded, overflowing and overstretched, Cairo is home to more than 16 million people, with an estimated 13 square centimeters of greenery for each of them. As the suburbs begin to creep around them, even the pyramids are no longer sacred space. Away from the tourist routes, bi
If you're a movie lover and want to go back in time to imagine that you're in "The Maltese Falcon" or "Indiana Jones" then Cairo is for you! A sprawling buzzing mass of humanity.
Picture this: Egypt's chief of counterterrorism, a two-star general, has been posted to Giza. Because of the nature of his work, he lives in constant fear of attack--and yet he does not drive an ar...
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