Frontline World

EGYPT - Inside Cairo's Living Room, December 2003
a FRONTLINE/World Fellows project
Cairo's Streets: Sights, Sounds, Smells
Sweeping view across the Nile
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I rise with the morning call to prayer, which is broadcast from uncountable minarets. The sun's angled morning rays appear all the more golden because they are weighted by tons of particulate pollution permanently suspended in the air over the city. The air quality at the city's core is among the worst in the world's major urban centers.
Cairo's Cafes: Go