Various pictures from around Cairo

Here are various pictures from my last week in Cairo. There are no interesting stories to go along with them, but they do give a sense of what Cairo is like.

Traffic jam in Midan Tahrir, Downtown.



The 6th October bridge stretches from Heliopolis to Mohandeseen, crossing above the Abbasiya, Downtown, Zamalek, and Agouza districts.

Views from 6th October Bridge.





Opera Square was the former site of the Cairo Opera House, which burned down many years ago. The square is distinguished by the large statue of Viceroy Ibrahim Pasha. The new opera house is located on Gezira island. Opera Square is located in a district called Ataba, east of Downtown. Ataba is a very busy section of Cairo, with many businesses and industries located within, though relatively few foreigners live there.

Midan Opera.


More pictures from Ataba.



A compound of cemeteries and Coptic Churches by Nasr City.