Tag: 2006

  • Best Little Whorehouse in Cairo

    Best Little Whorehouse in Cairo

      In Tahrir Midan, the Picadilly of central Cairo’s circuses, after a long, hot, dusty day spent being shadowed by touts and hissing men, we searched for dinner, for a beer, for a rest. But trouble in Arabic was brewing above a teahouse on the corner and robocops were filling the side alleys. We hadn’t…

  • Berfumery and Hosbitality in Cairo

    Berfumery and Hosbitality in Cairo

      We will start with Mohammed Ali and the perfumists of Cairo. We wandered down the mad and busy streets between the meydans, searching for a cafe, a restaurant, anything for a hint of food. Do Caireans eat?  There are bags and watches and travel agencies and tea houses but we could find no food…