Wednesday, July 24, 2013

City Stars

It is, simply, one of the biggest malls I have ever been in. Still, just a mall. But in the human drama that is Cairo, any bit of normalcy is comforting. It's in the eastern suburb of Nasr City.





Egyptian women don't wear these outfits. They're geared toward tourists from the Gulf Arab states. Saudis, in particular, like to visit Cairo to, I don't know, listen to music, drive a car, have a life.










Enthusiastic drivers

I shot this from the Costa coffeehouse on Mossadek Street this morning.

 

Mossadek.traffic

This close to buying a new laptop

In the meantime, here's a picture of my apartment building. A lady with a donkey-pulled cart sells vegetables just outside.