Frontline World

EGYPT - Inside Cairo's Living Room, December 2003
a FRONTLINE/World Fellows project
Cairo's Streets: Sights, Sounds, Smells
Six friends enjoy a smoke and a cup of tea
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But the men aren't hanging out there just to answer the post-9/11 journalist's most obvious question ("Why do they hate us?"). These places serve a broader social function: They are the city's living room, full of gossip, game-playing, joking and politics.
Cairo's Cafes: Go