Vintage egypt

Originally published in 2014Egypt in the 1900s was a different place. Egyptian cinema was the third largest in the world, Cairo was a city that foreigners dreamt of spending their holidays ex

In the 1960s, Cairo was a very different place. Egypt was known as the center of learning and intellect in the Arab world, and Cairo was considered a paradise of culture, conversation and contemporary arts: The city produced artful music and…

We could play a game here to start off. I could show you a series of ten vintage photographs and you guess which ones were taken in Paris and which ones were taken in Egypt. And to make it interesting, let's say you get 2 seconds per photo to decide. Ready? Okay go – from the top, start scrolling!

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El-Moez Street, a place where the old Islamic buildings, the beautiful Islamic mosques, and the different types of shops and markets collide together.

What ever happened to Egypt's forward-thinking society? May Mansour discusses the fate of feminism in the country as she encounters the collection of photographs put together by a Facebook page that showcases images of a bygone era in the country.

Another year older, but not as old as the Sphinx, yet. Here is a vintage postcard that I received entitled “Egypt – Camels and Drivers at the Pyramids”.

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