I was born in Cairo Egypt. Egypt is one of the oldest countries in the world . A lot of people believe my country is where civilization started . Cairo is the capital of Egypt.  Its population is roughly twelve million people. It is a very busy city, much like NYC . Like NYC , it is known as the city that never sleeps day and night. The streets are filled with people walking.  Million of cars, buses, and taxis fill the streets, so crossing can be very dangerous. While NYC has a subway system, Cairo has electric buses, and a Tram system . 
        One advantage about growing up in Cairo is that everything was available to you day and night . A lot of the smaller towns and villages do not have accesses to everything . 
        Their are two major universities in Cairo . They are considered the biggest colleges in the Middle East . They include a medical and engineering college . A lot of students from around the world come to these universities for their education . We have a lot of Catholic schools which are run by foreigners . Teachers come from countries such as France, Germany, Italy, and Greece to teach the different languages . These schools are very expensive, but like here the public education is free. 
        There  are two major religions in Cairo. The Muslims and the Christians. There are a lot of mosques and churches available to the people in the city.  Some  churches are over two  thousand years old and are visited by many.  Cairo has one of the largest zoos in the Middle East, with animals from all around the world. 
       Most famous of all in Cairo are our magnificent pyramids. This has been a major wonder of the world  for thousands of years . Alongside the pyramids is the sphinx , which was built for the famous king Kafrah . Millions of people flock to our city every year to see this wonder. Cairo has a lot of great museums hosting some of the splendor of  its history.  South of Egypt are many temples believed to be six or seven thousand years old. When first discovered, they were filled with gold . This gold was sent to Cairo museums to be seen by many. One of the temples is the great Ramses temple in honor of King Ramses . He is believed to have fought with Moses . 
     Though growing up in Cairo I had all the luxuries of a big city, also around me  was the history of an ancient Egypt which I never will never forget .