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  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611141.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611191.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611176.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611196.jpg
  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611143.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. A waiter preparing shesha (water pipes). Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611132.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611130.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Seller of animals stuffed with straw. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611108.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Seller of animals stuffed with straw. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • El-Horea traditional coffee house (ahwa), attended by chess players and students of nearby American University of Cairo. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611213.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffee house (ahwa), a popular meeting place where chess and domino players can chat smoking sheesha, the traditional water pipe. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611173.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffee house (ahwa), a popular meeting place where chess and domino players can chat smoking sheesha, the traditional water pipe. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611161.jpg
  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611145.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. A waiter preparing shesha (water pipes). Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • The owner of El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611135.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611126.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611114.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611112.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611051.jpg
  • El-Horea traditional coffee house (ahwa), attended by chess players and students of nearby American University of Cairo. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Coffee house near al Huseini mosque and Khan el-Khalili bazaar, the biggest of Middle East. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611230.jpg
  • El-Horea traditional coffee house (ahwa), attended by chess players and students of nearby American University of Cairo. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611217.jpg
  • El-Horea traditional coffee house (ahwa), attended by chess players and students of nearby American University of Cairo. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611221.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611206.jpg
  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611154.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611123.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611113.jpg
  • El Shems, a traditional tea and coffee house (ahwa) with his incredible kitsch furnishing. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611111.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Seller of animals stuffed with straw. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611105.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Seller of animals stuffed with straw. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611099.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. A waiter with a picture of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611060.jpg
  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
    em2611061.jpg
  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Ibn Battuta Mall, ispired to 14th century Arab scolar Ibn Battuta, that travelled 50.000 km over 30 years. The Egyptian mall.
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  • Ibn Battuta Mall, ispired to 14th century Arab scolar Ibn Battuta, that travelled 50.000 km over 30 years. The Iranian mall.
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  • Ibn Battuta Mall, ispired to 14th century Arab scolar Ibn Battuta, that travelled 50.000 km over 30 years. The Iranian mall.
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  • Ibn Battuta Mall, ispired to 14th century Arab scolar Ibn Battuta, that travelled 50.000 km over 30 years. The Indian mall with a elephant.
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  • Ibn Battuta Mall, ispired to 14th century Arab scolar Ibn Battuta, that travelled 50.000 km over 30 years. The Egyptian mall.
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  • Ibn Battuta Mall, ispired to 14th century Arab scolar Ibn Battuta, that travelled 50.000 km over 30 years. The Egyptian mall.
    em2801070.jpg
  • Ibn Battuta Mall, ispired to 14th century Arab scolar Ibn Battuta, that travelled 50.000 km over 30 years. The Iranian mall.
    em2801058.jpg
  • Ibn Battuta Mall, ispired to 14th century Arab scolar Ibn Battuta, that travelled 50.000 km over 30 years. The Indian mall with a elephant.
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  • Balagne, Pigna village. "Boites a musiques", the musical box handmade by Marie Claire Darnéal.
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  • Antakia (Hatay), the ancient Antiochy, the bazaar. Antakya was Arabic in culture and language, and many people speaks Arabic as a first language.
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  • Antakia (Hatay), the ancient Antiochy, the bazaar. Antakya was Arabic in culture and language, and many people speaks Arabic as a first language.
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  • Antakia (Hatay), the ancient Antiochy, the bazaar. Antakya was Arabic in culture and language, and many people speaks Arabic as a first language.
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  • Antakia (Hatay), the ancient Antiochy, the bazaar. Antakya was Arabic in culture and language, and many people speaks Arabic as a first language.
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  • Antakia (Hatay), the ancient Antiochy, was Arabic in culture and language, and many people speaks Arabic as a first language. The Cave-Church of St Peter where Saints Peter and Paul preached and where for the first time the believers of the new religion were named Christians.
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  • Antakia (Hatay), the ancient Antiochy, the bazaar. Antakya was Arabic in culture and language, and many people speaks Arabic as a first language.
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  • City hall. The city utilised recycling systems for the water, inusually plentiful in the hearth of Arabic desert.
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  • Sifaiye Medresesi a medioeval medical school that is one of Sivas oldest buidings. The main courtyard has 4 eyvans (vaults) and 's now surrounded by shops and tea tables. The tomb of Seljiuk sultan Izzettin Kekavus I, with beautiful blue tilework and Arabic inscriptions.
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  • Shibam, desert storm. In the foreground men praying at sunset. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Northeastern Anatolia. Near Cavustepe, the Urartian fortress-city Sardurihinli, Mehmet Kusman engraving black stones with Urartian cuneiforms and Arabic phrases. Mustafa, known locally as “Urartu Mehmet”, first came to the Urartian ruins in 1963, at the age of 23, to work as a security guard at the new archaeological site.<br />
For 10 years he watched the archaeologists until someone unearthed Urartian cuneiforms, engraved into the rocks. Mustafa learned all he could about this ancient language and from 1993 started giving presentations on the subject.
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  • Shibam, procession of Maharajan celebrating Ba Abbad, a holy man that lived around 1100 AD. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Shibam, procession of Maharajan celebrating Ba Abbad, a holy man that lived around 1100 AD. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100117.jpg
  • Shibam. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Shibam, incense shop.  Wadi Hadramawt, the biggest wadi of Arabic peninsula, was located on the old incense road and frankincense itself was grown in the Wadi Hadramawt.
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  • Shibam, also the the loks of the wooden doors are made from wood. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100038.jpg
  • Shibam, a children with a gun toy. The children familiarise early with guns. Declared Unesco World Heritage, this old city on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100033.jpg
  • Sifaiye Medresesi a medioeval medical school that is one of Sivas oldest buidings. The main courtyard has 4 eyvans (vaults) and 's now surrounded by shops and tea tables. The tomb of Seljiuk sultan Izzettin Kekavus I, with beautiful blue tilework and Arabic inscriptions.
    em2712536.jpg
  • Ince Minare Medresesi (Seminary of the Slender Minaret). Built in 1264 for the powerful viziir Sahip Ata. The elaborate doorway with bands of Arabic inscriptions is more impressive than the small building. The minaret was knocked down by lightning in 1901.
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  • Ince Minare Medresesi (Seminary of the Slender Minaret). Built in 1264 for the powerful viziir Sahip Ata. The elaborate doorway with bands of Arabic inscriptions is more impressive than the small building. The minaret was knocked down by lightning in 1901.
    em2712073.jpg
  • Ince Minare Medresesi (Seminary of the Slender Minaret). Built in 1264 for the powerful viziir Sahip Ata. The elaborate doorway with bands of Arabic inscriptions is more impressive than the small building. The minaret was knocked down by lightning in 1901.
    em2712072.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Near Cavustepe, the Urartian fortress-city Sardurihinli, Mehmet Kusman engraving black stones with Urartian cuneiforms and Arabic phrases. Mustafa, known locally as “Urartu Mehmet”, first came to the Urartian ruins in 1963, at the age of 23, to work as a security guard at the new archaeological site.<br />
For 10 years he watched the archaeologists until someone unearthed Urartian cuneiforms, engraved into the rocks. Mustafa learned all he could about this ancient language and from 1993 started giving presentations on the subject.
    em2713307.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Near Cavustepe, the Urartian fortress-city Sardurihinli, Mehmet Kusman engraving black stones with Urartian cuneiforms and Arabic phrases. Mustafa, known locally as “Urartu Mehmet”, first came to the Urartian ruins in 1963, at the age of 23, to work as a security guard at the new archaeological site.<br />
For 10 years he watched the archaeologists until someone unearthed Urartian cuneiforms, engraved into the rocks. Mustafa learned all he could about this ancient language and from 1993 started giving presentations on the subject.
    em2713303.jpg
  • Shibam. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100132.jpg
  • Shibam. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100128.jpg
  • Shibam, procession of Maharajan celebrating Ba Abbad, a holy man that lived around 1100 AD. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Shibam, a public fountain on the marlet square. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Shibam, the market square. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100031.jpg
  • Shibam. still a walled city declared as Unesco World Heritage. This old city on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100020.jpg
  • Shibam. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100018.jpg
  • Shibam. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100017-1.jpg
  • Shibam. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100015.jpg
  • Shibam. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Segovia. The Alcázar is a fairy-tale castle fortified since Roman days. The site takes its name from the Arabic al-qasr (fortress). It was rebuilt in the 13th and 14th centuries, but the whole lot burned down in 1862.
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  • Sifaiye Medresesi a medioeval medical school that is one of Sivas oldest buidings. The main courtyard has 4 eyvans (vaults) and 's now surrounded by shops and tea tables. The tomb of Seljiuk sultan Izzettin Kekavus I, with beautiful blue tilework and Arabic inscriptions.
    em2712534.jpg
  • Sifaiye Medresesi a medioeval medical school that is one of Sivas oldest buidings. The main courtyard has 4 eyvans (vaults) and 's now surrounded by shops and tea tables. The tomb of Seljiuk sultan Izzettin Kekavus I, with beautiful blue tilework and Arabic inscriptions.
    em2712533.jpg
  • Shibam, procession of Maharajan celebrating Ba Abbad, a holy man that lived around 1100 AD. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100115.jpg
  • Shibam, incense shop.  Wadi Hadramawt, the biggest wadi of Arabic peninsula, was located on the old incense road and frankincense itself was grown in the Wadi Hadramawt.
    em2100085.jpg
  • Shibam. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
    em2100046.jpg
  • Wadi Rum,the largest wadi in Jordan, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times,  leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti. Several Bedouin tribes inhabit the area.<br />
Wadi Rum is known also for its connection with British officer T. E. Lawrence, who based his operations here during the Arab Revolt of 1917–18.
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His evening dresses .
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His evening dresses .
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His sunglasses.
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His portrait in the Museum .
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  • Roda Island, Uum Kholtum Museum in Monastirly Palace. Uum Kholtoum singer has been the most popular and beloved singer of all the Arab World. His portrait in the Museum .
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  • Qasr al-Azraq, the desert castle, constructed of the local black basalt. <br />
Several civilizations are known to have occupied the site for its strategic value in this arid desert area. The fortress in its present form dates back to this period. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) made the fortress his desert headquarters during the winter of 1917, during the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
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  • Wadi Rum,Beduin family. Wadi Rum is the largest wadi in Jordan, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times,  leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti. Several Bedouin tribes inhabit the area.<br />
Wadi Rum is known also for its connection with British officer T. E. Lawrence, who based his operations here during the Arab Revolt of 1917–18.
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  • Wadi Rum, local beduin  of Zalabia tribe partecipating to a holiday. Wadi Rum is the largest wadi in Jordan, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times,  leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti. Several Bedouin tribes inhabit the area.<br />
Wadi Rum is known also for its connection with British officer T. E. Lawrence, who based his operations here during the Arab Revolt of 1917–18.
    em2310122.jpg
  • Wadi Rum,the largest wadi in Jordan, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times,  leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti. Several Bedouin tribes inhabit the area.<br />
Wadi Rum is known also for its connection with British officer T. E. Lawrence, who based his operations here during the Arab Revolt of 1917–18.
    em2310119.jpg
  • Wadi Rum,the largest wadi in Jordan, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times,  leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti. Several Bedouin tribes inhabit the area.<br />
Wadi Rum is known also for its connection with British officer T. E. Lawrence, who based his operations here during the Arab Revolt of 1917–18.
    em2310116.jpg
  • Wadi Rum,the largest wadi in Jordan, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times,  leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti. Several Bedouin tribes inhabit the area.<br />
Wadi Rum is known also for its connection with British officer T. E. Lawrence, who based his operations here during the Arab Revolt of 1917–18.
    em2310111.jpg
  • Wadi Rum,the largest wadi in Jordan, is a valley cut into the sandstone and granite rock in southwest Jordan. Wadi Rum has been inhabited by many human cultures since prehistoric times,  leaving their mark in the form of rock paintings, graffiti. Several Bedouin tribes inhabit the area.<br />
Wadi Rum is known also for its connection with British officer T. E. Lawrence, who based his operations here during the Arab Revolt of 1917–18.
    em2310109.jpg
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