Cairo, Sunday the 22nd of August

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Egypt Picture by degrubenc
Travel story: Cairo, Sunday the 22nd of August

The days' cultural programme included a visit to the "city of the dead". It is a part of Cairo which was originally a large cemetery, but due to the lack of living space in this gigantic city, parts of it have been transformed into houses and lodgings for the living. I saw there crowded blocks of flats standing drunkenly shoulder to shoulder, so exhausted by the effort that it seemed they would collapse if the buildings flanking them were taken away. A forest of TV aerials rose from the... More