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Just down pennsylvania avenue from the white house is the White House Visitor Center, which offers a look at how the executive mansion functions both as an office and a home. We too are the center with William Allman who shows at the desk Franklin Roosevelt used when broadcasting his fireside chats. A typewriter used by world war ii Woodrow Wilson and recreational items such as radios and bowling balls. My name is john stanwich. I like to welcome you to the White House Visitor Center which is lo...

Most important religious days of the calendar year, coming up, his eminence, Timothy Cardinal do lan will be here to talk about the real reason for this day. Of course, we will do celebrating as well, idina menzel will be here with a special holiday performance. Plus our special christmas tradition, eating, drinking, good morning, snacks, easy to prepare before the day gets too hectic and the perfect beverages to prepare with them. We started with the eggnog here. The program will get more inter...

Most important religious days of the calendar year, coming up, his eminence, Timothy Cardinal do lan will be here to talk about the real reason for this day. Of course, we will do celebrating as well, idina menzel will be here with a special holiday performance. Plus our special christmas tradition, eating, drinking, good morning, snacks, easy to prepare before the day gets too hectic and the perfect beverages to prepare with them. We started with the eggnog here. The program will get more inter...

Al Ahram Weekly (excerpt: Interview: Squaring Cairos old and new) Prominent architect and conservationist Soheir Zaki Hawas explains to Al-Ahram Weekly that urban development and heritage preservation can be reconciled, even in a growing city like Cairo Hawas It was with a sigh of relief that Egypt’s heritage preservation community...

Searching for a quiet public space in Cairo sets you up against unscrupulous police and leering neighbors, oppressive moral codes and an eternal maze of streets. One woman's failed hunt for tranquility in the Egyptian capital.

Grand development projects in Cairo, including the construction of huge new highways, are coming at the expense of the desert city’s trees. Now, residents are pushing back against the government to protect their arboreal neighbors.

CAIRO (AP) — A few months ago, Choucri Asmar decided he wasn't ready to give up hope. So he led a group of residents in “a peaceful demonstration to protect the trees” of his Cairo neighborhood. Egyptian authorities were planning to clear out a large avenue of ficus, acacia and palm trees — part of sweeping urban redevelopment projects that are transforming much of historic Cairo.

Massive road construction projects have erased some of oldest remaining green spaces

Activists estimate that in one neighborhood alone, some 100 acres — or the equivalent of 73 football fields — of parks and trees have been lost as the government tries to ease traffic on Cairo's congested roads

CAIRO - A few months ago, Choucri Asmar decided he wasn't ready to give up hope. So he led a group of residents in "a peaceful demonstration to