Centuries ago, Egyptians bestowed upon Cairo, Egypt, the title Umm al-Dunya, "Mother of the World." Today Egypt's capital, still known as Umm al-Dunya, is Arabia's most populous city and the region's cultural center.
Just after President George W. Bush declared the end of major hostilities in Iraq, FRONTLINE/World Fellow Scott Squire traveled to Cairo to find out how welcome a photographer from the United States would feel amid the ongoing tension in the Middle East. With camera in hand, he set off along city streets for one of Cairo's estimated 30,000 cafés, around which much of the social life of Egyptian men revolves.
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