Last Updated: 30 July 2005
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Cairo is as interesting as it is maddening. Though parts are still amazing--especially for those with cameras--its once fabled glamour has long given way to over-population, an anemic economy and malaise (if not depression.) It is, though, a place one should see, even with the over-eager touts, merchants and tourist service providers' penchant for overcharging and deception. Favorite haunts were the Northern Cemetery (City of the Dead), Citadel, the mosques, Coptic Cairo, and especially Old Islamic Cairo*.

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