The title of my lecture today “Mapping Cairo” consciously evokes the Arab historiographical genre of khitat that persisted well into the nineteenth century and was especially developed in Egypt.

Mai Ghaly Elgazzar’s map Egypt Old Cairo blends the past and the present to capture the rich and storied history of Cairo.

CAIRO — Maps and butterflies and bears, oh my! The town of Cairo and its hamlets are going to the bears this summer, along with the butterflies, as part of an outdoor public art project sponsored by ...