#1
Zamalek
Cairo's leafy island district
Zamalek (Arabic: الزمالك, romanized:az-Zamālik, pronounced ez.zæˈmæːlek) is a qism (ward) within the West District (hayy gharb) in the Weste…
#2
Islamic Cairo
Medieval mosques and Khan el-Khalili
Islamic Cairo (Egyptian Arabic: قاهرة المعز, romanized:Qāhira al-Muʿizz, lit.'Al-Mu'izz's Cairo'), or Medieval Cairo, officially Historic Ca…
#3
Maadi
Leafy Cairo, expat-loved
Maadi (Egyptian Arabic: المعادى el-Maʿādi elmæˈʕæːdi) is a leafy and once suburban district in the Southern Area of Cairo, Egypt, on the eas…
#4
Heliopolis
Belle Époque planned Cairo
Heliopolis (Arabic: مصر الجديدة, romanized:Miṣr al-Jadīda, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: ˈmɑsˤɾ el ɡɪˈdiːdæ, -eɡ-, lit."New Egypt") was an …
#5
Downtown Cairo
Cairo's faded 20th-century grandeur
Downtown Cairo (Egyptian Arabic: وسط البلد Wust al-Balad, "middle of town") is the colloquial name given to the 19th-century western expansi…