the Egyptian residents of a hustling‚ packed back alley in Cairo in the 1940’s. The attempts of several residents to escape the alley and move up in status end with dreams broken and unfulfilled. The opening sentences of "Midaq Alley" points to a world bypassed by history: "Many things combine to show that Midaq Alley is one of the gems of times gone by and that it once shone forth like a flashing star in the history of Cairo. Which Cairo do I mean? That of the Fatimids‚ the Mamlukes or the Sultans
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first store was a quaint and cozy little shop in Zamalek‚ Cairo‚ the store catered to a wide variety of customers ranging from the foreign expatriates to the sophisticated cultured intelligentsia of the Egyptian society and up to school and college students. The popularity of the store had encouraged its founders to open its second store in a strategic location in Downtown Cairo directly across the street from the American University in Cairo (AUC). Cilantro ventured its third store with the opening
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because two-dimensional drawing and architecture was a large part of Ancient Egyptian art‚ many archeologists concluded that it was solid evidence that King Khufu was the mastermind behind the Sphinx. The only confirmed likeness of Khufu‚ found in the Cairo museum‚ shows that there are similarities between the facial features of
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very important to people all over the world. It gives them the chance for seeing new places‚ family gathering and have a good time and enjoys their selves. We use to travel in vacations. This year my family decided to spend our summer vacation in Cairo. I was very happy and I went to pack up my bags to be ready. While packing I was thinking of the new places that I’m going to see‚ I decided that our first place to visit must be the pyramids. On the fourth day of our trip we visited the great pyramids
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weather in November to February is the best. Although in the daytime it has sunshine‚ you should wear an overcoat. -Lots of adj and persuasive speech --- largest‚ oldest‚ mysterious Arab Republic of Egypt‚ known generally as Egypt and Cairo is the capital. I would to invite you to travel in the Egypt after the final exam because Egypt is the oldest tourist destinations in the world. There are the ancient remains and Nile River that are8888 The most famous pyramid is Giza Pyramid Complex
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What a good city to live in means? A good city to live in means a lot ‚Especially after that modern technology which we have nowadays that can help us to make an optimum city although can destroy the nature if it’s used in the wrong direction and drive us totally to a bad polluted city to live in. In short notes I will try to write a summary about an optimum city to live in. Sure the location and the nature of the city plays important role to reach that perfect city to live in‚ from my point of
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some of the world’s oldest monuments. Southern City of Luxor contains numerous artifacts. Egypt is widely regarded as the important political and cultural of the Middle East. Half of Egypt’s people live in the densely populated centre called greater Cairo. Egypt has a population of 75‚360‚000 people.
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The climate in Egypt is generally moderate; it is mostly hot or warm during the day‚ and cool at night. In the coastal regions‚ daytime average temperatures range between a minimum 140C in winter and maximum 300C in summer. In deserts the temperatures vary considerably‚ especially in summer; when they may range from 7°C at night‚ to 52 °C during the day. While the winter temperatures in deserts do not fluctuate so wildly‚ they can be as low as 0 °C at night‚ and as high as 18 °C during the day. Egypt
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How did the Fatimid movement contribute to the political and economic position of Cairo and Egypt? Consider the effect of the movement’s religious politics as well as the effects and trends that lasted beyond the dynasty’s rule. The Fatimid movement was a Shi’a Muslim group that aimed to spread their beliefs all around the Arab World. The movement lasted from 909 to 1171 until Saladin became Sultan of Egypt. The movement also left its mark on Egypt. The Fatimid’s existed during the Islamic Golden
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The Fatimids‚ a dynasty founded also with the ideology of the Isma‘ilis‚ came into prominence in the history of North Africa and Egypt when a certain Ubayd Allah (909-934) or Ubaydullah claimed that he was the Mahdi descending from the Shi‘ite line of Ali and Fatima. His claim has received much scrutiny equally by Muslim‚ European and American scholars. For sure‚ his genealogy has remained quite obscure. There is also the question of whom might be the real Mahdi‚ as the second Fatimid Caliph‚ Muhammad
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