el-Gomhurriya Street

Walk Like an Egyptian...

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September 11th 2007
Seriously.... There's an art to walking like an Egyptian. Not like the Bangles, no, that's not it at all. Here it's all about crossing the road. There are lights but they don't always work; there are traffic police but they don't always work either; there are crossings but they are ignored. The art is in crossing a four lane road with six lanes of traffic in it without getting killed. I ... 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