All these imminent and actual changes and transformations of the urban experience in Cairo lie at the very heart of the literary atlas project and have driven me, like the historians of the khitat, to ...

Mapping the city conqueror is only for the brave, for Cairo is the most intriguing of cities. It’s a place where history and heritage are usually entangled with a lot of haphazardness, and every ...

The capital of one of the world's most glorious empires, Cairo is a sprawling metropolis set along the banks of the Nile River. Characterized by Roman, Arab and Ottoman architecture, it is known for ...