The title of my lecture today “Mapping Cairo” consciously evokes the Arab historiographical genre of khitat that persisted well into the nineteenth century and was especially developed in Egypt.

Several months ago, the artist and Overwatch player Joshua Llorente created an unofficial Cairo map for Blizzard's team-based shooter by using 3DS Max, Unreal Engine 4, Substance Painter, and ...

It hasn't even been a month since Blizzard released the newest Overwatch map, Junkertown. And yet players are already desperate to play in another new location, with one fan even going as far as to ...

CAIRO — Maps and butterflies and bears, oh my! The town of Cairo and its hamlets are going to the bears this summer, along with the butterflies, as part of an outdoor public art project sponsored by ...

Overwatch has a fair share of terrific maps for players to choose from, but it’s always interesting to see what fans of the series can create in their spare time. Like, for instance, Joshua Ilorente.

When it comes to safety, public protests are much less common than they were following the 2011 Egyptian revolution. For general travel safety, you should ensure that someone at home knows your ...

Under Cairo’s asphalt, under the reverberations of its street traffic, rocks are flowing, compacting, shearing and warping. The city is built on millions-of-years-old fossil limestone. You have to ...