Boats and the bambouti Until the '80s they were a tourist attraction. Now the men who once sold goods from their boats to passing ships have almost disappeared from Port Said, as Zeinab Abul-Gheit discovered

Grand Sufi house restored A delightful building in Cairo's Darb Al-Ahmar area is open again after three years of restoration. Nevine El-Aref took a peek and checked on the progress of other big projects in the medieval city

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