Cairo · Egypt
Cairo by neighborhood.
2 neighborhoods profiled, each written by an editor who's slept in a hotel there, eaten at the locals' spot, and sent postcards home.
Zamalek
Cairo's Nile island district — early-20th-century apartment blocks, art galleries, and the neighbourhood Cairo's professional classes actually live in
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Islamic Cairo
Cairo's 10th-century medieval heart — the single largest concentration of Islamic architecture anywhere, and the city's most densely historic square mile
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