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Cairo: Africa’s majestic city of contradictions

Gilbert Wandera was in Egypt for the Nile soccer tournament, but took time off to sample small pleasures of the lively Cairo

Egypt’s capital city, Cairo has always attracted visitors since the time of the mamluks. The great pyramids of Giza on the very edge of the city have been on the lips of many a poet.

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