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Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة transliteration: al-Qāhirah), which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. It is the Arab World's largest [3] and Africa's most populous city.[4] While Al-Qahirah is the official name of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo

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