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General view of the Nile with the Kasr El Nil Bridge


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Same with people gathered around vendors


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MS people & Vendor with Hilton Hotel in BG


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Children at play along the river bank


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People dancing & Playing on boat taking them for ride on the Nile


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Same (Man in Fez looking out toward river)


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Details same


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small child running


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Minaret of the Omar Makkran Mosue in Cairo


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Same from courtyard of Mosque


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Man praying


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Cup same


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Families sitting in gardens


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CU of other form rear


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Traffic Policeman with traffic BG


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Girl playing Hoola Hoop


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General view of the Horrdayh gardens




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Background: The whole of the Middle East is at a standstill celebrating the biggest Moslem Holiday of the calendar- the Courban Bairan. The holiday ends the month dedicated to pilgrimage to the Holy Mecca and it remembers the time when Abraham, ready to sacrifice his son to God, was sent a sheep to use instead.

Egypt has closed down all Government offices, stores for four days and President Abdul Nasser has sent congratulatory messages to other Moslem countries, including for the first time, Turkey, Pakistan and Iran but deliberately excluding Jordan's King Hussein and Iraqi's Kassim.

Cairo in a sweltering heat celebrates the holiday- thousand of people find refuge from the weather on the Nile banks in the gardens.