Cairo has been the heart of Egypt for more than 1000 years. Here the medieval world and the contemporary Western world clash in a confusion of mud-brick houses and towering modern office buildings, of flashy cars and donkey-drawn carts. Cairenes see nothing strange in this. They aren't driven by the Western obsession to update and upgrade. The resulting pervasive sense of timelessness is one of the city's great charms. At the end of the day, it's a city travelers either loveor hate; few come away indifferent.

开罗成为埃及的心脏已经超过1000年。这里是的中世纪世界和当代西方世界冲突的集中体现。泥砖屋的混乱和高耸的现代化办公大楼、迟钝的驴车和浮华小车都形成鲜明的对比。但在开罗人眼里，这些都不足为奇。他们不是痴迷于西方世界的更新和升级。由此普遍产生的永恒感是这个城市的巨大魅力之一。一天下来，要么喜欢这里要么讨厌这里，很少有旅客对这里的一切无动于衷。