in Cairo for most of its existence. Cairo, like many other megacities, suffers from high levels of pollution and traffic. The Cairo Metro, opened in 1987...
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Greater Cairo, Egypt. It was the first of the three full-fledged metro systems in Africa and the first in the Middle East to be constructed. It was opened in...
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Cairo (/ˈkɛəroʊ/ KAIR-oh, sometimes /ˈkeɪroʊ/ KAY-roh) is the southernmost city in Illinois and the county seat of Alexander County. A river city, Cairo...
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The 1977 Cairo Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was an independent tournament i.e. not part of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive...
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Al Ahly SC (redirect from Al Ahly Cairo)
commonly known as Al Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team which...
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The Cairo Opera House (Arabic: دار الأوبرا المصرية, Dār el-Opera el-Masreyya; literally "Egyptian Opera House"), part of Cairo's National Cultural Centre...
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The 1975 Cairo Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts that was independent, i.e. not part of the Grand Prix or WCT circuit. It...
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Egyptian Open) Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved 19 October 2017. "International Championships of Egypt – Cairo". www...
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The event took place in Cairo in Egypt from 18 November to 25 November 1985. Jahangir Khan won his fifth consecutive World Open title, defeating Ross Norman...
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Congress meets in Cairo. 1961 – Cairo Tower built. 1963 – Cairo International Airport opens. 1964 – January: 1964 Arab League summit (Cairo) held. 1965 –...
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The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released...
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Giza (redirect from Giza, Greater Cairo)
in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza...
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Arabian riff (redirect from Streets of Cairo)
"Arabian riff", also known as "The Streets of Cairo", "The Poor Little Country Maid", and "the snake charmer song", is a well-known melody, published...
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The Cairo International Film Festival is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and...
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Longest tennis match records (section Australian Open)
the four majors, the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon (since 2019) use the tiebreak in the final set, while the French Open, through 2021, was the...
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in 2022. Sponsor history: Virginia Slims of San Diego: 1971, 1985–1988 Wells Fargo Open: 1979–1982 Ginny of San Diego: 1984 Great American Bank Classic:...
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2005 attacks were three related incidents that took place in the city of Cairo, Egypt, on 7 April and 30 April 2005. While the first killed three bystanders...
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History of the Quran (redirect from 1924 Cairo edition)
Cairo ("1342 Cairo text" using the Islamic calendar) is the Quran that was used throughout almost all the Muslim world until the Saudi Quran of 1985.[citation...
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2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship (category Sports competitions in Cairo)
event took place in Cairo, Egypt from 9 to 18 May 2024. It was the six time that Cairo host the PSA World Championships after 1985, 1999, 2006, 2016 &...
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Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (category Cairo University alumni)
Agricultural Engineering at Cairo University, graduating in 1971. He completed a PhD in history at the University of Exeter in 1985, and another in the political...
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Marta Kostyuk (category Australian Open (tennis) junior champions)
ranked No. 155. In February, Kostyuk won the $60k Cairo Open. She also won the doubles tournament in Cairo, playing with Kamilla Rakhimova. Following the...
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Suzanne Mubarak (category The American University in Cairo alumni)
women and children. In 1985 she founded the Child Museum of Cairo in collaboration with the British Museum. In 2005, she opened the Hurghada branch of...
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school. Cairo was a bodybuilder before training as a professional wrestler. As a bodybuilder he placed 9th place in the AAU Mr. America 1985 Medium group...
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US Open. It was her first major singles title, the first of an eventual Open Era joint-record six US Open titles, and the first of an eventual Open Era...
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Grand Nile Tower Hotel (redirect from Grand Hyatt Cairo)
is located on Roda Island in Cairo, Egypt. The 966-room original wing of the hotel opened in 1974 as Le Meridien Cairo. In 2001, the $380 million, 715-room...
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Botroseya Church bombing (redirect from 2016 Cairo bombing)
Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope, in Cairo's Abbasia district. Egypt's President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi identified the...
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Notable alumni and attendees of Cairo University are listed here, first by decade of their graduation (or last attendance) and then alphabetically. Ahmed...
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French Open. It was her Open Era record-extending 22nd and final major singles title, and she equaled Chris Evert's record of nine French Open final appearances...
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that Peaches was cheating on him with Tommy Cairo. In keeping with The Sandman's character, Woman would open his beers and light his cigarettes prior to...
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Golden Globe Award nominations for Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Jonathan Demme's Something Wild (1986), and Noah Baumbach's The Squid...
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