Manal and Alaa's bit bucket free speech from the bletches

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The Sakia is a Cairo-changing place. It has helped lots of youth artists get their work known to the public. From an ugly abandoned place to probably the cultural center with the strongest impact in Cario. Since its not government controlled it has some form of freedom. Well to some extent.

Almost every day there is a concert of a different kind.

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Arabica is a weird non compromising place, for starters its not a WayOut hotspot (wonder of wonders), it is mostly decorated with art the clients made, has curved wall splitting the place to small islands.

the menu consists of creative brews, only tried the juices and they where nice.

its a bit on the expensive side.

good music, jazz, bosa nova that kind of thing but with the occasional pop tune.

while its funky and arty on any given day half the people would be working (many students), lots of laptops there.

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relaxed atmosphere, music is loud sometimes and the collection is rather random.

No tv for a change.

the menu is small but the food (mostly chiken or pasta) is good.

choice of drinks is a bit limited.

electricity sockets in the cieling, looks rather funky as if your laptop is is feedin from an IV tube, but it means trouble for loose plugs/adaptors.