Every Friday morning, Cairo takes a deep breath. The sky is clear, the streets are unclogged, and the call to prayer rises from the city's mosques through an extraordinary silence. It's a wondrous pause for this megalopolis of 16 million. And a brief one. Within hours Cairo is roaring, pouring, screaming, screeching, honking, hollering, laughing, loitering, wheezing, teasing, rushing, crushing, shoving, moving and grooving. Things are back to normal...
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Below is a selection of articles that appeared in Cairo magazine, the Times Educational Supplement and the Beirut Daily Star between 2003 and 2005.


Dream of Green: The Al Azhar Park looks gorgeous, but can it live up to its lofty aspirations?

Toxic Skies: Why Cairo can't afford to leave its pollution problem unsolved

Widening the Race: President Mubarak calls for election reform

Unemployment in Egypt rising fast

Cairo shelter for abused women reflects changing times

Egypt's education system faces mammoth overhaul

Spate of suicides sparks call to ease exam pressure

Aid deal "will give US a say over schools"