Egypt

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Owen Bennett Jones presents two stories from Egypt - Sarah Hashash in Cairo and Edward Stourton in Aswan. Cairo's drinking dens One of Cairo's historical legacies is its fascinating nightlife, with baladi bars and cabaret clubs. Sara Hashash stopped into a local bar one evening and found revolutionaries sat across from soldiers, artists and office workers, all drinking together into the early hours. Nile Through the Ages In Egypt, history is not just something for scholars and books, it's a key driver of tourism, an engine of the local economy. And it matters now more than ever, as minorities that were pushed to the margins under the Mubarak regime are trying to reassert their rights. Edward Stourton recently took a trip down the Nile, visiting monuments both ancient and modern along the way.