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Foul for a Fool
- Jun 8, 2022
- 1 min
Celebrating World Oceans Day With The Uniquely Egyptian Art Of Khayyāmiyah
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Foul for a Fool
- Jan 6, 2022
- 1 min
Bread by Bike
A characterful sculpture for those unfailingly impressed by Cairo's bread delivery guys on bikes that stack racks of bread above their heads
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Foul for a Fool
- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
The 139 Pavilion at the MENA House: The Only Relaxing Way To Do The Pyramids
The Great Pyramids of Giza truly are incredible, but so too, exhausting. Amid the heat, lack of facilities and badgering offers of camel...
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Foul for a Fool
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
Cairopolitan Re-Branding the City
(Please excuse my lack of decent pictures showcasing Cairopolitan's great collection and check out their website for better shots of...
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Foul for a Fool
- Sep 9, 2020
- 1 min
Zamalek's Banyan Tree Rooted in History
It's often said that history is rooted deep into the fabric of a city, and quite literally in the case of Zamalek's enormous banyan tree...
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Foul for a Fool
- Sep 7, 2020
- 1 min
Zamalek's Hidden Mosaics
Squeezed between the sheet metal fences around the new Zamalek metro station under construction and the Helwan University Faculty of Fine...
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Foul for a Fool
- Sep 7, 2020
- 1 min
Cairo Gets a New Great Sushi Spot with Garnell
A year or two back, we went to a small branch of a sushi place called Garnell in Heliopolis that friends had repeatedly recommended. It...
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Foul for a Fool
- Sep 2, 2020
- 7 min
The Weird and Wonderful Baron Empain Palace
Prior to the building being done up and opened to the public, many of you, myself included, have driven past this then-abandoned building...
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Foul for a Fool
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
Art for Millions of People: Fathi Mahmoud's 1951 Ode to the Solidarity of the World's Oppressed
The relatively unsightly Chamber of Commerce building in Downtown across the road from Horreya hides one of Egypt's greatest examples of...
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Foul for a Fool
- Aug 26, 2020
- 2 min
The Cheesy and Dated but Ever-Wonderful Pyramids Light & Sound Show
As imposing music beings to play and the Great Pyramids of Giza are dramatically illuminated with different coloured lights, the...
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Foul for a Fool
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
Abdeen Square's Um Kalthoum Mural
Om Kalthoum, also known as the Star of the East, Voice of Egypt and Egypt's Fourth Pyramid is a national icon. Her striking and...
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Foul for a Fool
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
Calm and Coffee in Darb al-Ahmer
Islamic Cairo has some great street cafes, from the iconic al-Fishawy in Khan al-Khalili to the numerous ahwas dotted among the...
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Foul for a Fool
- Aug 24, 2020
- 1 min
Footballer's Corner
You always know if the national team, Al-Ahly, Zamalek or Liverpool are playing a match. Street cafes swell with football fans huddled...
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Foul for a Fool
- Jul 30, 2020
- 1 min
Luxurious Nile-Side Dining at Crimson
Now that Leftbank has closed, some of us have been searching for an alternative place to have brunch and sangria on the Nile to celebrate...
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Foul for a Fool
- Jul 27, 2020
- 6 min
The Long & Intertwined History of Cats and Egypt
Resting under pharaonic statues, strolling through grand medieval mosques as people gather to pray, sun lounging in every conceivable...
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Foul for a Fool
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
Cairo's Soor el Azbakeya Book Market
Egyptians still have a very strong literary culture, and it seems from my own impressions that Egyptians read far more than Europeans do....
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Foul for a Fool
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
Heliopolis' Dr Sayed Abd El-Wahib Street Fruit Market
Every time I go to my wife's family house, her father always brings out the most delicious fruit for us to eat. He has two secrets for...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 10, 2019
- 2 min
Retro Dining, Beers and Surprisingly Damn Good Coffee at Excelsior
Among Downtown Cairo's old retro cinemas like Metro and Miami, is a great little place called Excelsior. Situated in the old lobby of an...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
The Real Yacoubian Building
Alaa Al Aswany's classic novel The Yacoubian Building is an Egyptian classic and a great commentary on Cairo and Egypt. For many who...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
Surprisingly Good Sushi at Fuego
Sushi restaurants have popped up everywhere in Cairo recently, and Cairenes are mad about them. Not only are many of them very good,...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 8, 2019
- 2 min
Taking a Party Boat on the Nile
Cairo's party boats cram the Nile at night, blasting Egyptian shaabi music, and lit up with neon lights. The large motorboats are usually...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 8, 2019
- 2 min
A Night Out at the Cairo Opera House (& Museum)
When you think of Egypt, you don't often think of opera houses, yet Egypt has a strong history of opera and theatre, and even has the...
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Foul for a Fool
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
Evening Felucca Cruise on the Nile
In contrast to Cairo's large party boats, a much more relaxing version exists, the felucca. Unlike the motor-driven party boats, the...
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Foul for a Fool
- Oct 15, 2019
- 1 min
Swiss Food and Beers at the Swiss Club
As a tourist, there's not much to do in Imbaba. However, amid the sprawling tightly packed housing blocks is a very unexpected find, the...
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Foul for a Fool
- Oct 8, 2019
- 3 min
Verdi's Opera Aida at the Cairo Opera House
Commissioned by Ismai'l Pasha and premiered in 1871 at the Khedive Opera House in Cairo, Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Aida has since been...
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Foul for a Fool
- Sep 23, 2019
- 1 min
Celluloid Memories: Old Film Posters in Downtown Cairo
Egypt is famous for its cinema, and it's a point of pride for many. Even young Egyptians have an intimate knowledge of the classics of...
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Foul for a Fool
- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min
The Stadium and the Street: Joys of Watching Football in Street Cafes
Football in Egypt is big. Egypt's star players are praised as heroes, and every city and town across the country shuts down with traffic...
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Foul for a Fool
- Jun 15, 2019
- 2 min
Rooftop partying at Unicorn Gardens
The oddly-named Unicorn Garden is a welcome edition to Cairo nightlife. Situated on the rooftop of the Greek Campus in Downtown, this new...
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Foul for a Fool
- Jun 3, 2019
- 3 min
Running The Cairo (half) Marathon
I have a love/hate relationship with running here in Cairo. The heat, traffic, pollution and lack of suitable routes can make the morning...
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Foul for a Fool
- May 31, 2019
- 2 min
Escaping The Metropolis To Villa Belle Époque
As the summer heat starts to build and the bustle of Cairo starts to wear you down, the prospect of temporarily escaping the metropolis...
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