Eating Out in Egypt

Finding food at any time should not be any problem at all in Cairo. The average Egyptian enjoys his/her snacks and meals and you should be able to do the same, provided you are at least a little experimental. Middle Eastern food like Ta’amiya, chawarma and fuul is readily available, and Cairo also offers a good representation of world cuisine.

For entertainment, you should definitely attend a Sufi dance (known as the raqs ash-sharqi) performed every Wednesday and Friday) at the Madrassa of Al-Ghouri in Islamic Cairo. Sufism is a Muslim mystical order that believes in and direct communication with god through means such as ecstatic singing and dancin. There are also quite a few good cinemas.