Cairo

Cairo is the capital of Egypt . It is located in northern Egypt along the Nile River, which is the longest river system in the world. Cairo is the largest African city, ranked one of the densely populated cities in the world. The city has been a center of politic and culture for thousands of years.

Cairo is also known as the city of thousand minarets. The Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum, Qahira Fatimah Mosque and Talaat Pasha Harab are some must-see sites of Cairo.

The Tunisian Fatimid Dynasty founded Al Quahira, Cairo’s original name that European corrupted, which means “The vanquisher” or “The Conqueror”, in the 10^th century.

The Arab’s oldest and largest film and music industry is located in Cairo. Al- Azahr University, the world’s second oldest learning institution, is also located in Cairo.

Cairo is the headquarters of the Arab League.

Cairo’s economy ranks first in the Middle East and 43^rd Global Cities Index.

There is an extensive transport system in Cairo. The city transport comprises widespread road network, subway system and maritime service. There is Cairo International Airport, Egypt’s busiest airport, 15 Km from downtown.

Cairo experience desert climate with frequent Saharan dust storms. Its temperatures range from 13⁰C to 19⁰C in winters and surpass 40⁰C in summers. Rainfall is sparse in Cairo. The best time to visit Cairo is between November and March.

Egypt

Egypt is known for Pyramids and ancient civilization. It plays a central role in Middle East politics in modern times. The fact is that it was one of the first Middle Eastern countries to open up to the west following Napoleon’s invasion. Consequently, Egypt evolves to be the intellectual and cultural leader in the region. Egypt is now in deep crisis. People are in streets calling for its top leader, Hosni Mubarak, to step down and demanding for political reform. There are widespread anti-government demonstrations across the country. Protestors are swelling each day on Cairo’s Tahrir Square and dropping back overnight.

Egypt is a country in North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west. The country is located on the bank of the Nile River.

Egypt comprises 29 governorates and each governorate has a capital. These governorates are further divided into regions, containing towns and villages.

Egypt experiences moderate climate, hot or warm at days, cool and nights. Temperature commonly ranges an average minimum 14⁰C in winters and average maximum 30⁰C in summers. Egypt receives 80mm rainfall, except coastal regions reaches 200mm, annually in most areas.

Egyptian capital Cairo is the permanent headquarters of the Arab League.

Arabic is widely spoken in Egypt. The Egyptian immigrants use languages like Greek, Armenian and Italian.

Egypt is a Muslim country and Islam is its state religion. However, there are two major religions of Egypt: the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Al-Azahr University.

Egyptian press: Al Ahram, Al Ahram Weekly, Al Jumuriyah, Al Akhbar, Al Ahali, Al Wafad, Al Messa, The Daily News Egypt, The Egyptian Gazette, Egypt Today, etc. the leading Egyptian agency is Middle East News Agency (MENA).

There are over 17,060,000 Internet users in Egypt i.e., 21.2% of the population, according to MCIT (Ministry of Communications and Information Technology).

Egypt is known as a destination for tourists all over the world. Travellers experience Egypt’s geographical, historical and cultural tourism, which comprise unique, unrepeated and non-competitive component of tourism. Egypt possesses one third of world’s known monuments.

But situation has become awfully tense in Egypt. For, tourists have started fleeing the country. Experts expect recovery soon however. They say once President Mubarak resigns, the condition will improve in Egypt. But maverick Mubarak seems yet reluctant to stand down any time soon.