View from Nour's House and Nour

View from the deck off the room I sleep in at Nour's house.

My Bed.

Nour and his younger brother Ezz.


Nour and his family live in Heliopolis, a not quite suburb outside of downtown Cairo. Most buildings are high rise concrete monoliths, but inside the nicer apartments you will find tiled floors, air conditioning, tasteful furniture, patios and large rooms. Nour lives in a nice place.

Streets are rarely well paved and are usually filled with sandy dust, men standing on the corners and various stalls. A really nice shop will be next to a shady cigarette stand and across from a fruit vendor and a snack kiosk. Pepsi and Coke reign supreme and I have seen more 7up here than in anywhere else. I am extremely glad Diet Coke is a universal happening, sometimes multinationals are a good thing, sometimes.