Cairo

  • Bush's Napoleon complex

    The president's appeals to democracy, liberty and security to justify the carnage in Iraq recall Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian conquest.
  • Murder from Darfur to Cairo

    At a Sudanese refugee camp, I witnessed the desperation behind the protests -- and eventual slaughter -- of African refugees in Egypt.
  • All hell breaks loose in Cairo

    Demonstrators riot and try to close the U.S. Embassy in a country where protest has been mostly banned for 20 years. Hosni Mubarak has to hope the war ends soon.
  • "Anarchy" in the streets of San Francisco

    Police make record arrests as protesters try to shut down the city; meanwhile somber mood prevails at New York demonstration.
  • Damned if we do, damned if we don't

    Even in moderate Arab states like Egypt, anti-Americanism burns so hot that the U.S. can do no right.
  • The monster in Egypt's box

    Egyptian authorities are masters at containing protests -- but street rage at Israel and the U.S. may surge out of control.
  • Dancing at the blood festival

    Armed only with curiosity and a stained pair of pants, our correspondent tries to make sense of the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice in Aqaba, Jordan.
  • In other words

    The scoop on finding a translator in Egypt, getting a cheap seat on a half-empty plane and planning a cross-country train trek.
  • Uncovering Cairo

    In which our correspondent makes rabbit stew, views an Egyptian film comedy about America and sees the pyramids in a new light.
  • Backpackers' ball at the Sultan Hotel

    With Flaubert's 1850 letters as a guide, our correspondent explores the enduring allure of opera, orgasm, belly-dancing and other Cairo clichis.
  • Coping with the EgyptAir mystery

    When you work at 30,000 feet, you don't want to doubt the pilot.
  • Decoding EgyptAir

    The National Transportation Safety Board is waiting on a final analysis of the cockpit voice recorder of Flight 990 before turning over the investigation to the FBI.
  • Arabian nighties

    Among Egypt's minarets and mosques, covered women buy a ton of teddies.
  • Said who?

    In his new memoir, "Out of Place," Edward Said brings his exile into focus and finds a home between his past and his future.
  • Ramadan

    In Egypt to search for her father's past, a woman first discovers a young lover on a journey from Cairo to Alexandria.
  • Newsreal: Massacre in the desert

    A former New York Times Cairo bureau chief describes the group behind the attack that killed over 60 people near Luxor, Egypt, and explains why they go after foreign tourists as a way of getting a radical Islamic state.

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