Cairo

A group of development agencies came together to undertake a historic-preservation and community-development effort in Cairo's Al-Darb al-Ahmar community. The project was such a success that they're still working, by invitation, restoring the area.

President Mubarak of Egypt is allowing developers to create American-style suburban developments in dry desert land outside Cairo.

Dense Cairo has few sanctioned public spaces. So residents make do wherever they can.

Downtown Cairo has undergone a steady decline in recent years, with more slums developing and more beggars filling the streets. This article from Bloomberg says there are many reasons for the decline.

Cairo's first new green space in more than 100 years has opened -- on top of a 500-year old garbage dump.

Cairo, Egypt is becoming increasingly noisy.