It's hard to find the right words for a city that spreads in every direction and has more people than anyone really knows. All the chaos of Cairo, Egypt's capital city, reinforces this impression and can make your head go dizzy. This is a super-city, with the kind of electric energy some travelers go crazy for. But despite it's massive size, Cairo is like an overgrown village, with many little districts and communities that feel much smaller and more intimate than the city they form.

Like the rest of the country, Cairo's identity is deeply tied to its history. This history has developed and evolved for over a thousand years by ... read more