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Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover: Fast Food at Al Jazeera

There are plenty of places in Cairo to grab a quick bite to eat if you’re in between museums, racing to work or even coming back from yoga class. One of my friends, a fellow yogi and long time expat in Cairo, only recently introduced me to a place in Zamalek that has some of the […]

The “Don” of Egyptian Restaurants: Abou El Sid

Abou El Sid is an institution in Cairo. If you’re into traditional Egyptian food then this is one restaurant to put on your list when in Egypt, if only to say that you’ve been there. I mean if Omar Sharif pops in to chow down on a steaming bowl of chicken molokhiya every so often, it’s worth checking out. Owned […]