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Stories Set in Cairo
The city of a thousand minarets: Mahfouz's alleyways, Christie's steamers, mummies and Tahrir documentaries. These ten famous works span Midaq Alley to the 2011 square; on StoryTerra you can open Cairo on the map and filter its stories by era.
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Browse 77 books, 29 movies, 1 TV show and 10 games set in Cairo.
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis beds local beauties and brings peace to the Middle East.
The Night Circus
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking…
The Square
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film which follows several young activists. Armed with values…
تذكرة وحيدة للقاهرة
ماذا لو تعرض انسان لصراعات تفوق قدراته ،وعاش حيوات تتخطى طموحاته؟ رحلة ملحمية يسافر فيها البطل وحيدًا، تعكس ما حوله من هزات المجتمع المصري منذ مشارف الأربعينات ، من أطراف جنوب الوادي إلى نادي الجزيرة بقلب القاهرة ومن حي…
The Red Pyramid
Since his mother's death six years ago, Carter Kane has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the globe with his father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. But while Carter's been homeschooled, his younger…
Clash
In 2013 in Cairo a tragic fate brings together several detainees from different political and social backgrounds inside a police truck during the turmoil that followed the ousting of president Morsi.
White Lie
Ahmed falls in love with an American girl called Ashley whom he takes to Cairo for a family visit causing many paradoxes due to the difference in customs and traditions. Ashley is surprised to learn that Ahmed wants to…
Cairo Station
Qinawi a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station is obsessed by Hanuma an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a…
The Nile Hilton Incident
Cairo 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.
Cairo Conspiracy
A fisherman's son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival the university’s highest ranking religious leader the…
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