Research Guides: The City Research Guide: Cairo

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Cairo by André Raymond
Call Number: 962.16 Ray
This book shows us Cairo from the glimmer of its beginnings in the Arab conquest of Egypt in 640 through its transformation into the modern center of Middle Eastern life today.
Cairo: Histories of a City by Nezar AlSayyad
Call Number: 962.16 AlS
Nezar AlSayyad narrates the many Cairos that have existed throughout time, offering a panoramic view of the city’s history unmatched in temporal and geographic scope, through an in-depth examination of its architecture and urban form.
Cairo: The City Victorious by Max Rodenbeck
Call Number: 962.16 Rod
Cairo: The City Victorious is a unique blend of travel and history, an epic, resonant work that brings one of the world's great metropolises to life in all its dusty, chaotic beauty.

Ahram Online
State media from Egypt
Cairo
Latest news about Cairo from the BBC.
Cairo's Bad Breath
Report from the United Nations Environment Programme
The Cairo Review
Essays on current events in Cairo and Egypt.
Egypt: Human Rights
Overview and articles from Amnesty International on human rights issues in Cairo and Egypt.
Egypt Independent
English version of Al-Masry Al-Youm, an independent news agency in Egypt.
The Long Struggle for Women's Rights
Essay from The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Tahrir Documents
An archive of activist papers and writings from the 2011 uprising in Egypt.