is diluted and reinforced

Cairo is a city of contradictions and echos.

Crumbling ancient rock stands alongside crumbling modern structures. The latest Mercedes S Class drives alongside a donkey-pulled cart.

A woman, covered from head to toe, walks past another in jeans and a tank top.

The culture is diluted and reinforced all at once.

This little blue Fiat 127 may not be a mercedes, but there are echos here, in a quiet side street, this, a tiny slice of the city.

[And yes - my thighs hate me today]

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