The title of my lecture today “Mapping Cairo” consciously evokes the Arab historiographical genre of khitat that persisted well into the nineteenth century and was especially developed in Egypt.

When it comes to safety, public protests are much less common than they were following the 2011 Egyptian revolution. For general travel safety, you should ensure that someone at home knows your ...

CAIRO — Maps and butterflies and bears, oh my! The town of Cairo and its hamlets are going to the bears this summer, along with the butterflies, as part of an outdoor public art project sponsored by ...

2008 Map “Historic Cairo”, A3, scale 1:50000 showing in black the boundary of component 089-001 and in yellow its buffer zone. Clarification / adopted 2008 Map “Al-Fustat”, A3, scale 1:2500, ...