  Clockwise from top: Café Riche in downtown Cairo; café ultra riche in the upmarket Zamalek; and café pauvre in the popular district of Bulaq; photos: Mohamed Wassim  Early 20th century baladi café (left); and a 19th century kahweh as illustrated by Lane in his Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians 
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