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	cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairo (Arabic, القاهرة;, romanized, al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt and has an estimated metropolitan area population of 16-20 million.
		Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into three branches into the low-lying Delta region.
		Cairo's population exploded, increasing from 374,000 in 1882 to 1,312,000 by 1937.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Cairo.html (1561 words)

	Cairo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cairo is the thirteenth most populous metropolitan area in the world.
		Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into three branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region.
		While western Cairo is dominated by the government buildings and modern architecture, the eastern half is filled with hundreds of ancient mosques that act as landmarks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cairo (1694 words)

	Gates of Cairo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Egyptian city of Cairo has, in its history, had a significant number of fortified gates protecting both the inner and outer city.
		Bāb al-Baḩr (the Gate of the Shore), built in 1174 by Bahā’ al-Dīn Qaraqūsh, in the northern wall, near the northwest corner; destroyed during reign of Muḩammad ‘Alī.
		Bāb al-Faraj (the Gate of Succour), in the southern Cairo wall at the hall where the tomb of Set Seada is located.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gates_of_Cairo (246 words)

	Tour - Where To Go - Little-Horus.Org
		Bab El Barkia, 2nd gate It was built by Saladin in1184 in the eastern Cairo wall, which was located in the Eastern Desert with the aim of widening Cairo from the eastern side.
		This gate is considered one of the remaining Islamic monuments.
		The wall was separating between the hall that was behind the general gate of the Citadel and the sultan floor.
	www.horus.ics.org.eg /en/WhereToGo/GatesOfCairo.aspx (1059 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Al-Azhar University in Cairo Egypt Al-Azhar University, or Al-Azhar Al-Shareef (Ø§Ù„Ø£Ø²Ù‡Ø± Ø§Ù„Ø´Ø±ÙŠÙ; literally, The Noble Al-Azhar), is connected to the mosque in Cairo named to honor Fatima Az-Zahraa, the daughter of Muhammad, from whom the Fatimid Dynasty claimed descent.
		Al-Azhar Islamic university in Cairo Egypt Al-Azhar University is connected to the mosque in Cairo named to honor Fatima Az-Zahraa, the daughter of Muhammad, from whom the Fatimid Dynasty claimed descent.
		The Cairo Tower is a 187 metre high TV tower with an observation deck at Cairo, Egypt.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cairo (6027 words)

	Cairo
		Greater Cairo is spread across three of Egypt's administrative govern orates, North eastern part is known as Kaliobia Governorate, while the west bank is part of the governorate of Giza, and the eastern parts and south eastern parts are another governorate known as Cairo, the three parts are known together as greater Cairo.
		Cairo is served by an international airport, situated approximately 24 km (about 15 mi) northeast of the city; the Ramsis train station and a bus terminal are located near downtown Cairo.
		Cairo's population grew rapidly in the in the war years, reaching 2 million by the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
	www.ask-aladdin.com /cairo1.htm (2015 words)

	Wikinfo \| Cairo
		Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة;, Romanization: al-Qāhira) is the capital city of Egypt and has a population of around 16 million.
		Cairo is the only city in Africa with a metro system.
		There he saw the newly redesigned city of Haussmann and decided to rebuild Cairo on the model of a European capital.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Cairo (451 words)

	Gates of Cairo
		Cairo, Egypt has, in its history, had a significant number of fortified gates protecting both the inner and outer city.
		Al-Bāb al-Baḩr (the Gate of the Shore), built in 1174 by Bahā’ al-Dīn Qaraqūsh, in the northern wall, near the northwest corner; destroyed during reign of Muḩammad ‘Alī;.
		Al-Bāb al-Farajj (the Gate of Succour), in the southern Cairo wall at the hall where the tomb of Set Seada is located.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/gates_of_cairo (279 words)

	Egypt: Gates to the Ancient City of Cairo, Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It was built by Saladin in 1184 in the eastern Cairo wall which was located in the Eastern Desert with the aim of widening Cairo from the eastern side.
		It was a gate especially made for the entrance of VIP princes and high State officials, such as ministers and clerks.
		It is exactly situated in the middle gate that separates the general marine gate of the citadel from the court in which El Naser Mohamed Ibn Qalawoun Mosque existed and Mohamed Ali Mosque in the Citadel.
	touregypt.net /historicalessays/cairogates.htm (1809 words)

	Boston.com / Business / Technology / Gates touts work on Egypt's e-government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Gates, in Cairo for a regional Arab information technology conference, and Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Obeid launched the e-government portal in Cairo on Saturday.
		Gates said even in the United States, the government lags behind smaller countries, like Singapore and Ireland, when it comes to e-government.
		Gates said Microsoft and the Egyptian government need to work together to "raise the visibility of local partners," saying his company's policy is for local partners to benefit more than Miscrosoft from the business the software giant generates.
	www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2004/01/25/gates_touts_work_on_egypts_e_government (491 words)

	NTU Info Centre: Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Image Unavailable Image Unavailable Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into three branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region.
		Image Unavailable Image Unavailable Napoleon conquered Egypt in 1797, and Cairo was quickly surrendered to him by its Mameluk rulers.
		Image Unavailable Cairo's first tram line was constructed in 1898.
	www.nowtryus.com /article:Cairo (1420 words)

	Cairo - Tour - Little-Horus.Org
		Do you know my friends that Cairo is so old, that it was here when Virgin Mary and Child Jesus took their holy journey from Palestine, they rested in Cairo during their journey.
		Can you imagine that Cairo is at least twice as old as Paris, 7 times as old as Berlin and 15 times as old as New York City.
		Cairo has an enormous number of cities dating back to ancient, Coptic, Islamic and modern civilization, we will list just some of them here where you can learn, see and maybe take some virtual tours of these great sites.
	www.horus.ics.org.eg /en/WhereToGo/cairo.aspx (163 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة;; romanized: al-Qehirah) is the capital city of Egypt and has an estimated metropolitan area population of 15 million.
		Napoleon left Egypt after his fleet was destroyed at the Battle of Aboukir Bay in 1798, leaving General Kléber in charge.
		image Cairo's first tram line was constructed in 1898.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ca/Cairo.htm (1357 words)

	cairolive.com -- Egypt news, Cairo tourism, Global headlines, Arabic press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Gates told them that software development would be the key dynamic of the next decade as the industry heads for "seamless computing", with a myriad of devices connected via the right software.
		Gates described a world of total PC and phone collaboration, where you could not only see the person you are talking to or working with, but have access to their computer screen as well.
		Gates also had a private chat with IT Minister Ahmed Nazeef about Egypt's potential for taking on larger amounts of outsourced IT work from abroad.
	www.cairolive.com /cairoview/cairoview11.html (924 words)

	Ottoman Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This is the tiled cupola of the mosque of Sulayman Pasha on the Citadel, built in 1528.
		Selim's armies arrived at the gates of Cairo in February 1517.
		Cairo was reduced from a grand capital to a provincial town, whose leaders were to serve a sultan who spoke a different language and lived far away.
	menic.utexas.edu /menic/cairo/history/ottoman/ottoman.html (1390 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Egyptians Hold Largest Anti-Mubarak Protest Yet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Several hundred Egyptians protested in central Cairo on Monday in the largest street demonstration since the launch last year of a campaign against continued rule by the Mubarak family.
		CAIRO (Reuters) - Several hundred Egyptians protested in central Cairo on Monday in the largest street demonstration since the launch last year of a campaign against continued rule by the Mubarak family.
		Egypt said it was delaying the meeting, originally planned for Cairo on March 3, at the request of Arab governments which wanted it to be held after an Arab summit in Algiers in late March so that it could discuss the summit's decisions.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/21/egyptians_hold_largest_anti_mubarak_protest_yet (684 words)

	Cairo History: The Age of Saladin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Like a caring ruler, he opened the gates of Cairo and allowed Egyptian citizens to live within the city walls in areas which had been exclusively occupied by Fatimid royalty.
		In Cairo, Saladin not only built mosques and palaces (in fact he did not build a palace for himself), but also colleges, hospitals, and a fortress, the Citadel, which still remains one of Cairo's landmarks to this day.
		Unfortunately, it is to be taken against him and his successors that they used some of the Pyramids stones to meet the excessive need for building materials in the growing city.
	ce.eng.usf.edu /pharos/cairo/history/saladin.html (560 words)

	Cairo, the City of, in Egypt
		Cairo comes alive at night, which is the best time to shop, eat delicious Middle Eastern cuisine, or simply watch the world go by from a pavement cafe.
		Modern Cairenes consider Central Cairo to consist of the area bordered by Old Cairo to the south, Islamic Cairo to the east and the Nile River to the west, but this covers a number of different districts.
		Islamic Cairo is not the oldest section of Cairo, as that distinction belongs to Old Cairo.
	www.cairotourist.com /cairotown.htm (788 words)

	New Windows could solve age-old puzzle \| CNET News.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		While the Cairo project eventually resulted in Microsoft's Windows 2000 operating system, the file system work was abandoned because of complexity, market forces and internal bickering.
		August 1996: Gates says some Cairo technologies, including indexing capabilities and a distributed version of Microsoft's Component Object Model software, will be included in Windows NT 4.0, and directory features will be part of NT 5.0.
		Gates tells PC Magazine: "The only thing of (the Cairo) vision that's not in the marketplace is the file system and directory.
	news.com.com /2009-1017-857509.html (1820 words)

	Fatimid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soon his control extended over all of central Maghreb, an area consisting of the modern countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, which he ruled from a newly built capital in Tunisia, named Mahdia.
		The Fatimids entered Egypt in 972, conquering the Ikhshidid dynasty and founding a new capital at al-Qahira al-Mu'izziya (Cairo), meaning "The Victorious".
		They continued to conquer the surrounding areas until they ruled from Tunisia to Syria, and even crossed over into Sicily and southern Italy.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fatimid (432 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة;; romanized: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15.2 million people.
		This Envisat ASAR Wide-Swath radar multicolour composite image is focused over the capital city of Cairo, Egypt, seen as a large bright area centre left of the image, Credit-ESA 2004.
		Cairo's underground train system is modern and efficient
	www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Cairo (1706 words)

	Is Bill Gates the New Nostradamus?
		Listening to Bill Gates talk about the release date for Longhorn is a bit like reading the prophesies of the ancient "seer" Nostradamus - you can read anything that you want into the words, because the pronouncements are so vague, and there's been so many of them.
		Bill Gates, of course, says nothing quite so colorful, but his words, especially when it comes to the release of Longhorn, can be open to just about any interpretation.
		Although Microsoft is not revealing the full details of Cairo yet, there are enough clues within current Microsoft OSes to yield a good idea of how it might work.
	www.oreillynet.com /pub/wlg/4636 (1200 words)

	Cairo, IL - Topix.net
		The financial books of Cairo School District 1 are now in order, and the teachers' union is happy with a recent three-year contract that was quietly and smoothly negotiated.
		He told council members Tuesday the historic home, now a tourist attraction, is very costly for the city to maintain.
		Local news for Cairo, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
	rss.topix.net /rss/city/cairo-il.xml (261 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The sanctuary of the presence chamber was veiled with a curtain; and the vizier, who conducted the ambassadors, laid aside the cimeter, and prostrated himself three times on the ground; the veil was then removed; and they beheld the commander of the faithful, who signified his pleasure to the first slave of the throne.
		The Franks were already at the gates of Cairo; but the suburbs, the old city, were burnt on their approach; they were deceived by an insidious negotiation, and their vessels were unable to surmount the barriers of the Nile.
		Egypt, Syria, and Arabia, were adorned by the royal foundations of hospitals, colleges, and mosques; and Cairo was fortified with a wall and citadel; but his works were consecrated to public use: ^55 nor did the sultan indulge himself in a garden or palace of private luxury.
	www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/decline6.txt (17167 words)

	Egypt, 1000-1400 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Christodoulos transfers the patriarchate from Alexandria to the administrative capital in Cairo, establishing it as the new, permanent seat of the Coptic Church.
		The stonework of the gates, built by Armenian architects from Edessa (modern Urfa in southeastern Turkey), incorporates the latest defense devices developed in northern Mesopotamia.
		In Cairo, Baybars commissions the Madrasa Zahiriya (1262–63; destroyed nineteenth century) and a congregational mosque (1266–69).
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/07/nfe/ht07nfe.htm (639 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		While one such gate, "Bab Al-Bahr," was thought, by similar spelling to be the gate.
		Stymied by this dead-end, research was done both on other gates in Cairo (a great number), and the bazaar area that is featured throughout the footage.
		However, upon comparing the gate (not fully visible due to the framing) with current photographs from http://archnet.org, the two were not the same.
	www.nyu.edu /tisch/preservation/program/assignments/2003/orphans/cairo.html (1898 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Makrisi: Arabic Acc't of St. Louis' Crusade
		He made his entry into Cairo the ninth day of the moon Chuwal, in the year 637 (May 3, AD 1240), and was proclaimed sultan of Syria and Egypt.
		The emir Fakreddin sent a letter to Cairo, to inform the inhabitants of the approach of the French, and to exhort them to sacrifice their lives and fortunes in the defence of the country.
		This melancholy event had created a general consternation in the town, which the runaways had augmented, and the gates of Cairo were kept open all the night to receive them.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/makrisi.html (8443 words)

	Cairo biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة;; romanized: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt and has an estimated metropolitan area population of 15 million.
		This name was given to the city as many armies were destroyed in attempts to invade Cairo or defeated elsewhere by troops sent from Cairo.
		ar:القاهرة da:Kairo de:Kairo es:El Cairo eo:Kairo fr:Le Caire (Égypte) id:Kairo la:Cairus nl:Caïro ja:カイロ (都市) no:Kairo pl:Kair ro:Cairo fi:Kairo sv:Kairo zh:开罗
	cairo.biography.ms (1396 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Egypt \| Smugglers ring broken
		The prosecutor-general has charged El-Sweissi of bribing government officials to gain access to the VIP gates at Cairo Airport, thereby circumventing luggage inspection procedures.
		Evidence of this substantial theft was uncovered six months ago when state security officers arrested El-Sweissi and found a number of genuine artefacts in his luxurious villa in the Al- Mansouriya district of Cairo.
		One such smuggler is Abdel-Karim Abu Shanab, who was charged last January of accepting a bribe to the tune of LE25,000 to forge documentation stating that certain exported objects were fake.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/659/eg6.htm (752 words)

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