Items related to downtown

Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a downtown tour guide
Jake Meth 02 Apr 2012
Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With...
'Boulaq' and 'Downtown': Two neighborhood portraits
Helen Stuhr-Rommereim 27 Mar 2012
Artwork produced in Cairo, regardless of who is making it — visiting artist or lifelong resident — tends...
Top 8 tips for shopping downtown
Amany Aly Shawky 04 Mar 2012
Downtown is a culturally rich part of the city, but it is also shopping heaven for those who are looking for top ...
Osama Dawod showed "World Map" at the "Shift Delete 30" exhibition at Saad Zaghloul Center.
The revolution in my head
Mai Elwakil 22 Jan 2012
Remember the world map hanging on your classroom wall? You must have gathered around it with friends, trying to locate...
Left Bank opens today with a new concept for food
Amany Aly Shawky 21 Jan 2012
Sequoia restaurant in Zamalek has decided to put the area between the entrance and the restaurant to good use and their...
Rescue workers and residents looking for survivors under a collapsed underwear cloth plant, Moharam Bey, Alexandria, December 12, 2010. Fifty workers were in plant at time of collapse. So far, rescue forces picked up a dead body and saved seven buried under rubble. 
At least 5 killed in Cairo building collapse
Arabic Edition 05 Dec 2011
Five people were killed and at least two injured as a four-story building in Cairo's Boulaq Abul Ela district...
Hundreds of protesters taking part in the "No for emergency" Friday protests, Port Said Security directorate, 16 September, 2011. 33 political movements and parties participated in the protests against emergency law at Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square as well as several other square across the governorates. However, many other political groups boycotted the protests, on the top of which were the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis.
Activists stage surprise protest against Emergency Law
Arabic Edition 28 Sep 2011
Hundreds of activists staged a surprise march from Shubra to downtown Cairo Tuesday against the broadening of Egypt...
Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi wearing a suit, walking in downtown Cairo.  
Tantawi seen walking plain clothed in downtown Cairo
Arabic Edition 27 Sep 2011
Egyptian activists are agitated by a video clip that aired on state-run TV Monday, showing the head of the country'...
Thieves rob warehouses belonging to Forensics Department
Arabic Edition 28 Aug 2011
Thieves on Sunday robbed warehouses belonging to the Department of Forensics Medicine in downtown Cairo. “They...
What ever happened to Cairo 2050?
Christopher Reeve 01 Aug 2011
With 20 million inhabitants, Cairo is a megalopolis whose urban design raises countless questions. Because of this...