In the busy ... the street from Ibn Gaza, Jaafar Helmy owns an ice cream shop called Glacera. Jaafar, who arrived in Cairo three months before the war started, previously lived in Egypt for ...

This neighborhood in southern Cairo is the oldest part of the city, with twisting alleyways and ancient churches that are several centuries older than the ornate mosques of Islamic Cairo.

5. Coptic Cairo Coptic Cairo is the city’s oldest part, home to many important Christian landmarks. The city was a stronghold for Christianity in Egypt, once known as Babylon, both before and ...