Picture: Khan el Khalili during Iftar

Right after #Iftar at #KhanElKhalili #Ramadan #Hussein #Ramadantable #EverydayMiddleEast #everydayCairo #everydayEgypt #followtuesday #خانالخليلي

A photo posted by estermeerman (@estermeerman) on Jul 14, 2015 at 11:26am PDT

Picture: Mohammad Mahmoud street as seen through an alleyway

#View onto #MohammedMahmoud street in #downtown #Cairo #Egypt #graffiti #graffitiart #streetart

A photo posted by estermeerman (@estermeerman) on Jul 2, 2015 at 9:51am PDT

Picture: downtown Cairo

#downtown #Cairo as seen facing away from #Tahrir square

A photo posted by estermeerman (@estermeerman) on Jul 3, 2015 at 9:53am PDT

Always interesting to see the neighbourhood from a new perspective.

Pictures: sandstorm in Cairo

Another #Cairo #sandstorm The #sky is #yellow

A photo posted by estermeerman (@estermeerman) on Jun 27, 2015 at 7:39am PDT

Found another picture of that big #sandstorm we had a few weeks ago. #sand #weather #storm #cairo #staircase #architecture

A photo posted by estermeerman (@estermeerman) on Jul 8, 2015 at 2:10pm PDT

Instagramming Cairo: Mohammed Ali mosque

The mosque of Mohammed Ali, seen from the Sayyida Eisha neighbourhood at the foot of the Citadel. 

Instagramming Cairo: slaughtering a cow

Link to image here.

Instragramming Cairo

Instagramming Cairo - Zamalek 5:10 am

Instagramming Cairo: Full moon

Instagramming Cairo: Children's toys

Instagramming Cairo: Buddha Bar

At the Sofitel on Zamalek. 

Instagramming Cairo: a bunch of old chairs at the Cairo Opera House

An oldie, but I think it's a goody: 

This picture was taken in July of 2011, but last time I checked (somewhere at the end of 2012), those chairs were still there.

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Instagramming Cairo: reflections at the Safir hotel

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Instagramming Cairo: Sofitel tower

More Instagrams this way. 

Instagramming Cairo: Sunset on Ramsis street

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Instagramming Cairo: Donkey kart

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Instagramming Cairo: Marters' memorial on Mohammed Mahmoud street

Again, taken somewhere at the end of November 2012. This was only up for a few days, then it mysteriously disappeared again. 

Instagramming Cairo: Stuck behind the riot police

Now that I have finally got wi-fi at home, I'm back to using Instagram. Here's an iPhone pic I took back in November 2012, when I accidentally got stuck behind the riot police during the clashes on Qasr Al Aini. 

The vans you see in the background have just charged towards the protesters, and the riot police behind the vans are the ones that were too lazy to run alongside them. They are just hanging out waiting for them to retreat so they can then fend off another batch of stones and molotovs raining down on them. They kept this up for a fair few days. Good times.

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Instagramming Cairo: the pool at the Semiramis hotel

Now that I have finally got wi-fi at home, I'm back to using Instagram. Today I was at the Semiramis hotel and while I waited for someone I took this picture of the pool. 

It's on the fourth floor, yet the view is pretty spectacular. Unfortunately it was closed for maintenance, so I could only take a photo from behind the glass doors.
Inshallah, I'll be hanging out here sometime during spring/summer, so I can take a better shot.