Cairo, Egypt's vibrant capital, is a unique synthesis of both historical and contemporary architecture. One of the most populated cities in Africa, this busy urban agglomeration has a long, rich ...

But El Massry, 29, an Egyptian photographer, art director and film production designer based in Cairo, thought he could do better. "It was nice, but it wasn't my favorite photo I've ever taken.

Modernist Egyptian architecture is often diluted to European narratives that do not shed light on the complete picture of Cairo modernism. The country has experienced many diverse building styles ...

Cranes are hovering over a new town in Egypt – but this is no mere overspill like Stevenage or Crawley. The new administrative capital, or NAC (so new it doesn’t even have a proper name), is ...

A controversial new Egyptian capital city is being built 30 miles east of Cairo at the expense of $45bn. "Sprawled" across a patch of desert four times the size of Washington, DC, the "showy new ...

A rendering of the Forbes International Tower, set for Egypt's New Administrative Capital outside Cairo. The skyscraper, designed by Gordon Gill of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, will ...

Fly into Cairo and be whisked away to nearby Giza, home of the Pyramids. The best place to stay is Marriott Mena House, which was originally built in 1869 and hosted the likes of Winston Churchill ...

Yasmine El Rashidi, a journalist and novelist, guides readers through Cairo, a city whose presence is so powerful it is “the subject, the object and the main character” of many of its writers.

Egypt is moving ahead with plans to revamp Cairo’s historic downtown area, with projects on the ground expected to begin within months. The government-owned Sovereign Fund of Egypt is finalizing the ...