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Authorities cite conflicting accounts on closing of ‘atheist’ coffee shop
Egypt

Authorities cite conflicting accounts on closing of ‘atheist’ coffee shop

Cairo authorities have given conflicting accounts surrounding the closure of the so-called “atheist” coffee shop on Falaki street has stirred controversy…
Cairo Chamber of Commerce intervenes to resolve electric tool merchants crisis
Business

Cairo Chamber of Commerce intervenes to resolve electric tool merchants crisis

  Electric tool merchants in downtown Cairo threatened to stage a sit-in if the government did not remove street vendors selling…
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a downtown tour guide
Life & Style

Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a downtown tour guide

Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With…
‘Boulaq’ and ‘Downtown’: Two neighborhood portraits
Cinema/TV

‘Boulaq’ and ‘Downtown’: Two neighborhood portraits

Artwork produced in Cairo, regardless of who is making it — visiting artist or lifelong resident — tends often to…
Top 8 tips for shopping downtown
Fashion

Top 8 tips for shopping downtown

Downtown is a culturally rich part of the city, but it is also shopping heaven for those who are looking…
The revolution in my head
Art news

The revolution in my head

Remember the world map hanging on your classroom wall? You must have gathered around it with friends, trying to locate…
Left Bank opens today with a new concept for food
Food

Left Bank opens today with a new concept for food

Sequoia restaurant in Zamalek has decided to put the area between the entrance and the restaurant to good use and…
At least 5 killed in Cairo building collapse
Egypt

At least 5 killed in Cairo building collapse

Five people were killed and at least two injured as a four-story building in Cairo's Boulaq Abul Ela district collapsed…
Activists stage surprise protest against Emergency Law
Egypt

Activists stage surprise protest against Emergency Law

Hundreds of activists staged a surprise march from Shubra to downtown Cairo Tuesday against the broadening of Egypt's long-standing Emergency…
Tantawi seen walking plain clothed in downtown Cairo
Egypt

Tantawi seen walking plain clothed in downtown Cairo

Egyptian activists are agitated by a video clip that aired on state-run TV Monday, showing the head of the country's…
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