since 2011, some 6000 new restaurants have opened in cairo.m want to be their own bosses, they want to be entrepreneurs and give back to the community somehow. what better way to do that than with food? restaurants are coming up with more and more unique concepts to fuel demand. but it has also meant that places serving traditional dishes with a twist are now on trend. this unassuming eatery specialises in a local favourite called hawawshi. can you tell me what these guys are doing now? for thousands of years, bread has held a special place in egyptian diets. their word for bread actually means life. ancient workers were even paid in the stable. it is a food you will find with every meal. hawawshi is a bit like an egyptian version of a hamburger. but here it has been upgraded. when would you eat this? that is what i like! every time. i love this. so gooey i have to put on gloves to eat it. serious. as we say in the uk, the proof is in the pudding. that's good! it is really tasty, very rich. tell him not to give away too many secrets, otherwise

we take a tour of cairo. the proof is in the pudding.king around seemingly talking to themselves. that is because there has been a lot of development in these things, hearables. the idea is that earbuds aren't just headphones but hearables. the idea is that earbuds aren'tjust headphones but in here computers, that can help with everything from directions to tread letting foreign languages and even keeping you fit while on your travels. the google pixel bards operate via touch and voice control. 0nce connected to your phone by bluetooth you can listen to music, have your notifications red deer and even translate on—the—fly. like a lot of this kind of tax, they are reliant on the tech behind it which is google assistant which you trigger by saying 0k gogol or pressing the right earbuds. how do i get to oxford street? head south—west and turned right. get to oxford street? head south-west and turned right. the sound quality is loud and clear that because they sit outside your economic and a lot of outside noise. and as is the case with any

chomping our way around cairo. all in this one dish? yes! for your ears to take on holiday. if you say mandarin, it will play in my ear in english. i'm excited. it has long been known as venice of the north. with its colourful i7th—century houses, network of canals and bridges, and picturesque old city centre, it is not surprising that amsterdam has become a favourite with tourists. it is an explosion of tourists. we have our quiet times in the past, but now we don't have quiet times any more, tourists are the whole year round. one study claims that numbers have shot up from 11 million in 2005 to around 18 million annual visitors. that is a lot of people in a city ofjust 850,000 residents. so how do locals feel about this constant influx of tourists? we have seen that it has really risen in popularity in the last few years, and the streets are small, the canals are narrow, when there are new tourist they tend to be around the same areas, and those areas get overcrowded. people who come here for the first time want to go to the anne frank hou

and it's very, very unique to egypt, and specifically cairo.nd has roots very similar to the way hip hop evolved in new york. you will mostly find them, 90% of the time, in working class areas, in small alleyways, they will put on a show, bring out the lights and speakers and put on a show in the street. and how are tourists receiving the music? yeah, because it's commercialising at this point, it was an underground type of music and is filtering to the commercial scene, you will see it in a classy nightclub sometimes play one of these tracks. it is very now and very unique to this period we are in these days. do you think the revolution and the protests, do you think from that there was a lot of creativity born? absolutely, absolutely. say what you will about the status of egypt right now, what is abundantly clear is that people have come out of their shells, there is a sense of self expression that perhaps wasn't there so much before. previously, a lot of people wanted to look outwards for music and arts and culture, they looked to the us and

on the way back from the cairo airport, he took his own life.tay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to the story of zeresenay ermias testfatsion, who took his own life at cairo international airport earlier this month after being deported from the united states. he was 34 years old. zeresenay was detained in the united states for more than a year after fleeing his home country of eritrea and seeking asylum here in the united states at the texas border in 2017. he then spent more than a year in immigration detention, first in south florida and then in ohio, before being deported this month. zeresenay was in transit back to eritrea when he died by suicide at the cairo international airport more than two weeks ago. but his family has yet to locate his body. friends and family are demanding to know why he was deported to eritrea, despite his fears that he would be tortured or even killed if he returned home. on tuesday, i spoke to his friend bereket sibhatu.

miraculously the plane was able to return to cairo.ut marshal ahmed had been shocked by witnessing israel's ass supremacy at fust time and. the next day i met ordered an immediate withdrawal of egyptian troops from sinai. and which led to the total collapse of the egyptian front. yes the custom of the firm a church of the i mean. shave it plays a mean male who are it's a story that's vague but it's unlike them in the summer. so young me the dust ish young we have where to look if. they. can one shot he's saying. it's lead to last either it nor last of color by your vet less of a sense. share and it's a. big love with god that's a vote up of him by install the other than the fact they saw him get will need. a law you'll be hung. by the fourth day of the rule israeli troops reached the eastern bank of the suez canal. they had occupied the whole of the sinai peninsula.

this was true even in cairo. rarelysted to cairo spoke with an egyptian other than a master-servant relationship and even fewer spoke with the turks. arab euro, which was not established until early 1916, as arab bureau,he which was not established until early 1916, as a result of a recommendation from one of the few individuals who spoke arabic -- head the koran identified the ottoman empire was much more effective in dealing with narrative than the governments, and it led to an ineffective british narrative. -- so even though the era bureau created and existed, it included people of specialization, language skills, and experience in the middle east, but they very within the intelligence department in cairo. throughout the world, the british perceived the war and their opponents in the middle east through a three-lynn's kaleidoscope that gave fractured vision at best. -lens kaleidoscopic a fractured vision at best. they wanted to elevate an arab leader to be kayla -- to be kayla to replace the ottoman sultan. th

and egyptian brokered agreement known as the cairo accord put an end to the clashes. but the accord effectively legitimized the presence of on palestinian factions on lebanese soil something which was to have serious consequences for stability eleven on in the years to come. besides creating waves in arab regimes the palestinian factions also revolutionized their own society in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine for the leader yasser arafat was elected chairman of the p.l.o. the election marked a new era the guerrillas were in the ascendant overthrowing the traditional hold of more established palestinian families such was the impact of the p.l.o. on the fedayeen that out of its image had made the cover of time magazine. but it was in jordan the base for most of the palestinian factions were there for the eons growing assertiveness because most probably yes they had set up a state within a state in jordan and the actions they planned and carried out soon began to rock the region. armed gunmen roam the streets of the capital amman and jordan's other main cities like

in november of one nine hundred seventy one at an out of the finance ministers council in cairo black september struck its first blow. the target was this man jordanian prime minister was at that home palestinians accused of responsibility for their expulsion from.

and it's very, very unique to egypt, and specifically cairo.eakers and put on a show in the street. mahragan has launched the careers of a new generation of egyptian music stars. i'm about to meet a band that have a hit that has had 125 million youtube views. music plays. shobeik lobeik is a 3—piece band from alexandria. hassan writes and composes the songs. his friend and collaborator, ahmed, is one of the managers. and ahmed's cousin ferris is the singer. despite these defined roles, they still have some creative differences. what about your biggest hit single? what was it called? a lot of mahragan combines driving beats with performers singing about the issues that affect their lives. there is no friend is about friendships falling apart. and what about abroad? are you going to play in other countries? will you come to the uk and play some festivals? 0ther mahragan performers have started to play sets at european nightclubs. for now, club nights remain the best chance cairo's tourists to catch these modern egyptian beats. —— for now, club ni

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on the sixth of november american secretary of state henry kissinger flew into cairo. for his first ever meeting with anwar sadat. we started talking about zero pulling back to the so-called october twenty second war it's where they should have stopped business as you know we could argue for weeks and weeks and weeks over this and at the end they would still be on your territorial waters solve a lot but if that's what you want we'll do it and sort out so what's the alternative is to give me a little bit more time and will go for a bigger agreement that will get them completely off the. west bank of the carol back in the sinai and so that's a fun let's do the big step not the small thank you four days after this meeting an initial agreement was signed and the ten to kilometer one zero one . the first step in kissinger's grand plan. the agreement guaranteed the egyptians daily convoys of nonmilitary supplies to the city of suez and the besieged third army. for israel the key point of the agreement was an exchange of prisoners. israeli prison as arriving back and tell of

assad's rage was borne of the anger he felt towards his allies in cairo. the egyptians had successfully stormed across the canal on the first day of war. they had quickly established a defensive bridge had ten kilometers deep and repulsed all the israeli armored attacks. but since then they had moved not an inch further east into sinai. the liver ace said the president said kept calling president sadat telling him mr president advance the whole israeli armed forces are in front of us and we are taking aerial strikes by the entire israeli air force there is nothing stopping you from advancing deep into sinai as we agreed but there was no answer. when i took. eight months earlier and to meeting in egypt set out on our side had forged a plan with a common purpose they had agreed to launch a war against israel on two fronts. but now it seemed the two presidents had entirely different concepts of the war they had planned together. as the told me that from the moment of the seizure of power is ambition his dream was to avenge the siege of ninety six to seven whe

since 2011, some 6000 new restaurants have opened in cairo.rd for bread actually means life. ancient workers were even paid in the stable. it is a food you will find with every meal. hawawshi is a bit like an egyptian version of a hamburger. but here it has been upgraded. when would you eat this? that is what i like! every time. i love this. so gooey i have to put on gloves to eat it. serious. as we say in the uk, the proof is in the pudding. that's good! it is really tasty, very rich. tell him not to give away too many secrets, otherwise people will steal your recipe. there is no doubt that this tour has shown me a completely new experience. i would never have tried these dishes if i had been eating in my hotel. this trip has definitely given me a genuine taste of cairo. that is it from this week's show. coming up next week... i will be here to guide you through some of our best bits from the last few months on the road. 0h, hi! we have had some pretty special times. from an encounter with some of the scariest beasts in mauritius... i can't b

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assad's rage was borne of the anger he felt towards his allies in cairo. the egyptians had successfully stormed across the canal on the first day of war. they had quickly established a defensive bridge had ten kilometers deep and repulsed all the israeli armored attacks. but since then they had moved not an inch further east into sinai. a kind of ace said the president has said kept calling president sadat telling him mr president advance the whole israeli armed forces are in front of us and we are taking aerial strikes by the entire israeli air force there is nothing stopping you from advancing deep into sinai as we agreed but there was no answer. when i show up. eight months earlier a to meeting in egypt set out on our side had forged a plan with a common purpose they had agreed to launch a war against israel on two fronts. but now it seemed the two presidents had entirely different concepts of the war they had planned together. as a tell me that from the moment of the seizure of power is ambition his dream was to avenge the seeds of ninety six to seven

alberto cairo has worked at the clinic for 27 years.told us he's treating more and more victims of terror attacks. >> logan: so, you know, many people far away from here think this war is over. >> cairo: what? the war is over? please. how can they think of anything like this? no. the war is going on. people are very desperate. people are, they have lost hope. >> logan: why do you say people have lost hope? >> cairo: if you consider that the lifespan of the people in afghanistan is around 60 years, it means that at least two- thirds of them have seen only war. war, war, war. >> logan: with america's new strategy, more troops are in, time limits are out, and pakistan is under pressure for being a safe haven for terrorists. general john nicholson believes this will end the war, something we've heard from previous commanders. do you have everything you need? >> nicholson: yeah, with the new policy, i do. >> logan: this is it, right? i mean, there's no more? this is the end game? >> nicholson: yes, this is the end game. this is a policy that

got back to cairo just after thanksgiving. eisenhower would be the supreme allied commander and you can see the message over at national archives. >> our time is up. >> thank you very much, it's been wonderful to talk to you. [applause]

in cairo the tunisian embassy was set alight by angry demonstrators. that had to be there seemed to be out of step with the mood on the street. for his part president nasr sought to convince the west of the need to address the problem of the palestinians before it provoked further violence and instability i was there i took the i have a list let's get out there and when ever i run into you know if it's expected. you know the day is a day to speak about in a.z. peak. hour day with betty if you get me in the second world war before the war so they teach it to us the same way expel them kill them and their children try to get me just and it was scared. to death of. it on. their way to the united nations it is a huge security council listed as image that was. then israel took and it took the liberty of those eat. meat. and it came to my mother suffers. from great except to give manchester to some other people. and if you are american i ski you accept to get it for me or other people or to accept the status quo occupying manchester by some other people migh

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reporter jane arraf has been in the courtroomsshe joins us via skype now from cairo. first of all, describe what's happening here. >> well,hi hari, sois one of the leftovers of a very long, very er war. now as isis came into iraq and it took over a third of ira when it came in, in 2014, people flowed in-- jihadis flowed- i and with them flowed in their families purpose there were a lot of women who came wh small children, and when isis was defeated, and they were driven back, a lot of the isis fighters were killed, and a lot of women and small children were left. they were either arrested or theythemselves up to iraqi forces, and they're now in detention, in jails in baghdad, >>d a lot of them are going on trial. reenivasan, you know, one of the quotes you had in your story was, "any foreigner who i lived s territory is considered to have joined isis and is loyal to them." describe the conditand the placeses that they're leaving behind, places like mosul, that were devastated. >> mosul, absolutely. and you look at moz and you will what's left of part of the city, the

we are going to get complete the new cairo station, only then will there be a relief from the sanctionsng to was the moment and american leader, a sitting american president sat down with the leader of the democratic people's republic of the democratic people's republic of korea and have a blunt conversation about the changes that would need to be undertaken for north korea to rejoin the community of nations. when he talked about the reduction in threat that follow from that it was with eyes wide open. he said that in his press conference. it could be the case that al—assad will not walk. we are determined to set the conditions so we can write this failure of decades and reset the conditions for north koreans, for north korea's participation in the community of nations. for north korea's participation in the community of nationslj for north korea's participation in the community of nations. i am absolutely assured of our shared goal. our shared approach. and how we will proceed to reach complete denuclearisation. i have been assured of that from day one working with mr pompeo, sol assur

i saw hillary clinton in cairo, in tahrir square. they supported the muslim brotherhood with money.n of america was, immediately after the removal of mohamed morsi, that in their view, he was democratically elected and so on. that is a big lie. let's not go down that path then. but abdel fattah el—sisi eventually became president in 2014 in elections which gave him 97% of the vote. is abdel fattah el—sisi democratically elected? he's been re—elected again with 96% of the vote in april this year. democracy has nothing to do with elections and elections have nothing to do with democracy. we do not live in a democratic world. no. there is dictatorship everywhere. i have to be clear. dictatorship with capitalism. you cannot have democracy, real democracy, in a capitalist, classist, racist, religious system. you can not have democracy. how can you have democracy? all right, let me ask you this then. the point i want to develop with you is the fact that many people inside egypt and outside of the country felt that whatever circumstances brought abdel fattah el—sisi to power, it was more p

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arrived in the jordanian capital and managed to whisk abby sieged yasser arafat out to cairo. at. the arab delegation came to a man they dressed arafat in kuwaiti robes and smuggled him out check sad was a hero on september twenty seventh one hundred seventy nasr brokered the cease fire agreement which was signed by artifact and get closer to. the following day nasser died leaving the palestinians without their. i thought the hussein signed a further agreement regulating the presence of palestinian fighters and doors but some palestinians refused to accept the deal. they remained collapsed and in july nine hundred seventy one king hussein continued his attack. the jordanian army overran the remaining p.l.o. bases and positions forcing the palestinians to capitulate. some palestinian fighters chose to give themselves up to israeli forces across the river jordan rather than surrender to what they viewed as a grim fate at the hands of the duties. and so forth the palestinians would term the events that led to their expulsion from jordan as black september. the p.l.o. had held sway ov

ade in cairo back in march, and that spectacular new museum in cairo is set to open later this year.visited the iconic outback town of alice springs, which has begun to slide off the tourist map in recent years, with low—cost airlines pulling out and several backpacker hostels closing down. but could pedal power be the answer? yes, alice springs has launched a plan to turn itself into a world—class mountain biking hub. the combination of beautiful landscapes and fantastic weather has made the trails around alice springs a local favourite for years, but the town wants to attract more international visitors. the territory hopes to bring in nearly $70 million a year through biking tourism. clarke petrick from 0utback cycling leads tours throughout the trails here. today is a particularly hot day, about 40 degrees in the middle of the desert, why would anyone want to come out and try mountain biking here? well in the winter the weather is absolutely perfect. we don't have the storms, the rain, the cold, it is just beautiful 25 degree days, really consistent weather. it means the riding n

arrived in the jordanian capital and managed to whisk a besieged yasser arafat out to cairo. at. the arab delegation came to a man they dressed artifact in kuwaiti robes and smuggled him out check sad was a hero on september twenty seventh one thousand seven hundred nasir brokered the cease fire agreement which was signed by artifacts and get closer to. the following day nasser died leaving the palestinians without their. after the hussein signed a further agreement regulating the presence of palestinian fighters and doors but some palestinians refused to accept the deal. they remained collapse and in july nineteenth seventy one king hussein continued his attack on. the jordanian army overran the remaining p.l.o. bases and positions forcing the palestinians to capitulate. some palestinian fighters chose to give themselves up to israeli forces across the river jordan rather than surrender to what they viewed as a grim fate at the hands of the jordanians. and so forth the palestinians would term the events that led to their expulsion from jordan as black september. the p.l.o. had h

difficult working conditions having worked as a foreign correspondent since twenty eleven first in cairo and then in tehran and since twenty eleven he's been working from istanbul and i think it's rather fitting that he should be the one to tell you more about what risk the recipient this evening welcome mr baumgarten thank. the islamic. iran ladies and gentlemen is a difficult environment not only for us reporters this is due to the country's ever present censorship which according to the range and constitution should not even exist there are many educated people in iran who express themselves very well but openly talking about the burning issues in the country can be risky quite risky we saw it in the video. provinces eva columb feels the need to express himself he took a stand which means he is sticking his finger into open wounds earlier this year he agreed to speak to the watchable. to daughter veliz person language department the both the existing the mystic political and social realities that led to a recent nationwide protest shortly after professor was arrested and sentenced to