The Shot

Fire in Cairo

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September 8th 2006
It has been less than a week since I arrived here and already I have begun to fall in step with everyday life here. Currently I am lounging on a couch in my favorite spot here in Maadi, drinking an iced tea and escaping the unforgiving desert heat. Oh, and enjoying the free wireless internet of course. Cairo has been as crazy and hectic as I have been informed, the people as friendly and unpre ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Lower Egypt » Cairo

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more