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    Water Pollution in Cairo The scale of pollution in Cairo is mammoth with the ever, continuing amounts of waste being released into the city. With the ever, growing population of Cairo levels of pollution are sure to increase. Recently the large EU financial institution announced on April 10 that it had awarded Egypt a grant of $79,000 to investigate the cause of the choking air pollution in the city, which has been blamed on Nile Delta. Due the massive amounts of pollution

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    The Cairo Calendar restates the information that was presented within the Book of the Five Days in Addition to the Year. The information which pertained to the birthdays of the five gods, as well as the names of the epagomenal days; although in a slightly altered order as Spalinger discussed to a great length, however the topic of plague and disease is still foremost. The Egyptian text declares that the person who knows the names of the epagomenal days will not die of the plague that persists during

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    The Purple Rose Of Cairo

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    Chapter 3 The third chapter will mainly discuss Woody Allen?s The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) to examine how a theme about cinema-goers reflects a desire from the filmmaker and the audience. The film fabricates a fantasy where the protagonist of a film called ?The Purple Rose of Cairo?, Tom Baxter (enacted by Jeff Daniels), ?steps? out of the film during a screening. He joins Cecilia (starred by Mia Farrow), a frustrated waitress and aggrieved wife who has watched this film countless times, and

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    inhabited since the time of the Ancient Egyptians, is where Egypt’s capital city, Cairo, is situated. Being at the administrative forefront of the nation’s wealth and population, Cairo holds more control over Egypt’s economic, political, and social workings than any other city in the country. Being the business and social hub of the country, Cairo also boasts millions of residents. As a result of being so densely populated, Cairo faces the increasing concern of expanding slums and informal housing in poorer

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    the Egyptian residents of a hustling, packed back alley in Cairo in the 1940's. The attempts of several residents to escape the alley and move up in status end with dreams broken and unfulfilled. The opening sentences of "Midaq Alley" points to a world bypassed by history: "Many things combine to show that Midaq Alley is one of the gems of times gone by and that it once shone forth like a flashing star in the history of Cairo. Which Cairo do I mean? That of the Fatimids, the Mamlukes or the

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    Essay on Midaq Alley

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    the Egyptian residents of a hustling, packed back alley in Cairo in the 1940's. The attempts of several residents to escape the alley and move up in status end with dreams broken and unfulfilled. The opening sentences of "Midaq Alley" points to a world bypassed by history: "Many things combine to show that Midaq Alley is one of the gems of times gone by and that it once shone forth like a flashing star in the history of Cairo. Which Cairo do I mean? That of the Fatimids, the Mamlukes or the

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    The “Street of Cairo” or “Cairo Street” exhibit was one of the fair’s most memorable, profitable, and controversial (fig. 7). For a small admission fee, visitors could see foreigners dressed in their native garb and “living” in artificial villages intended to replicate their home environments. Cairo Street offered viewers an immerse and direct experience into images of the Middle East. Within the exhibit, spectators could see actors, acrobats, scorpion swallowers, camel rides and provocative belly

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    We have decided to invest in Cairo, Egypt. Our company named Bassma Real Estate, aimed at developing a real estate property in the New Cairo settlement. Egypt is a unique country with great potential. The real estate market in Egypt is like no other in the Middle East or Africa. It has withstood two revolutions and major political and economic instability. Yet it remains resilient and has seen tremendous growth over the past few years. Land prices have seen a steady increase in value at an average

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    An Essay About My Partner

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    God for being poor? This is one of the many ways that my partner, Nouran (Noonoo) Ghannam has portrayed to me the tension that is so evident among young people in Cairo, Egypt. Noonoo is 22 years old, graduated from the American University in Cairo with a degree in political science, and lives in Cairo with her family. She lived in Cairo for her entire life, except when she had to move to other countries around the Middle East for her

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    civilization was one of the oldest in the world history. The Nile River placed the great role in this civilization, and it led to great stupendous achievements. Nile river is one of the greatest rivers I have seen in my whole life. Nile river is located in Cairo, which is the capital city of Egypt. It has many reasons to make it one of the most important rivers in the world. I have visited Egypt many times. and I have talked to a lot of Egyptian citizens, and they told me that Nile river is the longest river

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