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The
wonders
of architecture
Click here for more stunning photos of
the ancient modern library
A
Cairene visiting Alexandria is amazed at how clean it's become. |
Coming soon:
Secret Door, the sequel?
National Geographic's
live archaeology event ended with a dud -- and a bit of controversy. Cairo
Live was there.
FLASHBACK:
Mummy's the word! |
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The
trash attack
The Pyramids have seen a lot,
but probably nothing like this before.
Photo-rich version
(May 20, 2002) |
To
wait and talk
It was the last
day to pay, and yet another first in the ever-increasing billing cycle.
(May 10, 2002) |
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9-11, 1 year
later:
Looking for directions
Plenty of issues are still gnawing at Egyptians' hearts and minds
a year
after the fact
Terror
aftermath
Browse our complete coverage of the attacks on the US and the war on Afghanistan
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Rocking
the citadel
The summer's
premier free festival continues to wow the crowds
The plot
thickens
Is the ad
world changing as fast as the audience?
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Home from the hajj
Thousands of
pilgrims came home safely from Mecca this week. Cairolive
was there with the crowds...
(February 27,
2002)
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The
primadonna strikes
again
An Arab media summit
in Dubai was loaded with symbolism -- and
the same sort of drama that governs the way the news is covered.
(April 29, 2002) |
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A very global event
Were the Egyptian
students in the MTV "town hall" meeting with Colin Powell satisfied
by the US Secretary of State's answers?
(February
15, 2002)
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Pele to the rescue
Will a Brazilian
diplomatic intervention save Egyptian soccer?
(February 13, 2002)
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Water-skiing
on the Nile
It happened one afternoon.
July 24, 2001
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Here comes Al-Fankoosh
What
do a Korean brewery and an old Adel Imam film have in common?
(January 14, 2002)
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Artistic underground
For nearly three kilometers under the heart of Cairo's
historical core, a controversial solution to the
city's modern day traffic problems takes passer-by,
both above and below ground, on a unique adventure.
November 2, 2001
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The
birth of Arabic rap?
Find out what Dardasha has to say on shaabi singer Shaaban Abdel-Rehim's sudden
popularity here.
Read excerpts from an interview with Shaaban Abdel-Rehim here.
Order a new book about the shaabi singer here.
February 3, 2001
Shaabola
conducts traffic
Now he's way up over 6
October Bridge, with a billboard as big as the best of them.
June 26, 2001 |
Transforming
the mobile
festival map
It's an annual affair, but this year's fall mobile phone
buying frenzy featured a twist -- ad mogul Tarek Nour's migration from
Mobinil to Click.
October 7, 2001
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Folding
up the chairs
The benches, tables and chairs in the exam tent at Ain Shams University are
being folded up and put away, as another academic year comes to a close.
June 17, 2001 |
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Gucci's
favorite leather?
The crocodile farmers on Lake Nasser are looking at futures as fertile as the banks
of the Nile.
September 6, 2001
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Takeef or
bust
Installment plans and new
models that require less wall-breaking are making it even easier to climate
control your life.
June 19, 2001 |
Burying
a legend
Thousands of mourners turned out at Mustafa Mahmoud mosque in Mohandiseen at
noon on Thursday to bid their last farewells to actress Suad Hosny.
June 28, 2001 |
Eternal
Sunset
A man gazes out at the sunset on the Nile over Kasr El-Nil Bridge downtown, with
the famous Cairo Tower in the background. Read about the summertime traffic
tradeoff here.
June 23, 2001 |
Stadium
within a stadium
A visual tour of Britain's
attempt to export its football
"experience" to an ambivalent Egyptian audience (January
22, 2002)
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Gephardt to Egypt Amcham
I'll take Thomas
Jefferson over Baywatch any day. (January
19, 2002)
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A
private launch
In honor of Media Day, several major projects were inaugurated at the 6 October
Media Production City, including 4 new private satellite channels.
June 14, 2001 |
Star
barometer
cairolive.com's Star barometer gives you an extra dose of all the latest,
hottest entertainment scoops in town.
June 7, 2001
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A time
for sweets
Mulid al Nabi, Prophet Mohamed's birthday, was a national holiday for most
people, and was accompanied by parades, music, religious ceremonies and the
consumption of specially made sweets.
June 4, 2001 |
Visitation
rights at the Pyramids
The debate over the new rules governing when and where Egyptians can visit the
Pyramids got even hotter this week...
April 9 & 13, 2001 |
Sting
at the Pyramids
Organizational problems and a controversy over why Egyptian singer Hakim didn't
perform marred an otherwise enchanting concert by mega-star Sting at the
Pyramids.
April 25, 2001 |
Old notes
A high-level banking official was quoted on the front page of Al-Akhbar recently
suggesting that Egyptian banks needed to buckle down on their policies regarding
old or damaged notes
June 5, 2001 |
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Real
jazz
comes to town
For four decades the name Herbie Hancock has been synonymous with jazz. This
week the legendary musician is in Cairo...
April 5, 2001
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Wish you
were here
Cairolive.com pays tribute to 'Al-Andaleeb al-Asmar'on the anniversary of his
death.
March 30, 2001 |
Cairo IT conference coverage:
The forum's first
day...
What the conference decided..
Interviews with three
IT leaders.
March 19, 2001 |
A dream
come true?
Overall, the atmosphere at the Egyptian Society for Cinematic Arts' Egyptian
Oscar awards was more like a wedding than an awards ceremony.
March 25, 2001 |
Parking
lot
March 1 may be sunny, but February's last day was certainly gray. It was also
one of the most crowded days Cairo has seen...
February 28, 2001 |
Will
they reconcile?
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal in his address to the opening ceremony of the American
University in Cairo's 13th International Model United Nations Conference.
March 14, 2001 |
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Nightmare train kills 370
The midnight train was
packed with thousands returning home for the holidays. Nearly
four hundred of them would not make it.
(February
21, 2002)
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Going local?
New tales of greed and
thrift in the cigarette
price saga
(February 11, 2002)
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cairolive.com's
2001
Just the
beginning... The year of seatbelts, Shaaban, the dollar, Suad
Hosny, and September 11. Take
a tour of cairolive.com's 2001
(January 1, 2002)
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Cycle of
change
A new era in Egyptian and Arab foreign policy begins. Just as Amr Moussa
replaced outgoing Foreign Minister Esmat Abdel-Meguid ten years ago, Ahmed Maher
replaced Amr Moussa as Egypt's new foreign minister.
May 16, 2001 |
Not the
government's job
ART launches new Arabic pay-TV scheme, "Al-Awael."
March 12, 2001
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Searching
for a system
cairolive.com catches up with Egyptian-American Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail's
latest adventures in the motherland.
February 13, 2001 |
Party
on the Nile
Thousands
of people turned up for the downtown celebrations commemorating the
50th anniversary of the Revolution
Photo
album
(July 23, 2002)
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Same
bills, bigger denominations?
A weaker currency may inspire larger bills
(May 30, 2002) |
