Cairo, Egypt

Cairo is where the ancient and the modern coexist in perfect chaos: an old glassblower works beneath a faded 2015 calendar, and a young woman in a mosque eats chips after class.

From the funny names of abandoned cafés to the grand historic squares that have witnessed revolutions, the echoes of the Ottoman Empire, and traces of colonial influence. Cairo is a city of constant contrasts.

From street vendors who spray perfume into your path, to the boys in the local bakery who generously invite you inside to watch them bake bread, and later deliver it across the city as fast as they finish their shifts and rush out to skate through the streets, holding onto passing cars to catch speed and laughter.

Life here flows differently: unpredictable, warm, and full of life. Like the Nile itself, it moves freely and always seems to be waiting for a celebration.

All these fleeting moments, conversations with locals, historic landmarks, and hidden gems come together in this travel guide, revealing the rhythm of a city that never stops moving.

What is inside

Routes we walked more than once, and the places we went back to. Every stop is named, with an address and how to reach it. Between them, 35mm film photographs from the same streets, and notes on what to notice while you are standing in them.

This is not a checklist. It is an invitation to observe.

The object

• 300 pages
• Hardcover, V8 binding
• Pergraphica, 150 g/m²
• Approx. 30 x 23.5 cm, or 11.8 x 9.3 in
• First printing of 100, numbered

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