As Egypt bowed out of the World Cup with a dramatic 3-2 defeat to a Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina in the last 16 on Tuesday, supporters in Cairo rose to applaud a team that had taken the country further than ever before.

Cities often outgrow the meanings of their names. Centuries pass, dynasties rise and fall, neighbourhoods spread far beyond their original walls, and the reason a place was first named can become surprisingly easy to forget.

On a weekday afternoon in early May, Mohammed Adel boarded the monorail at Musheer Tantawi station and watched Cairo’s cityscape scroll by. The 48-year-old sales manager had boarded a train on the Egyptian capital’s latest public transport transit line,

China Film Week opened here on Sunday, bringing together filmmakers, critics and students for a week-long celebration aimed at strengthening

The Cairo meeting illustrates how the US is engaging with various Muslim countries in the region.