US EditionCairo Relishes Return to Late Nights After Month of Eerie Calm
Cafés and restaurants can now stay open until 1 a.m. as authorities seek to cut power use and avoid blackouts.
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Cairo nightlife returns after a month of early-closure measures
Egypt lifted early-closure measures on Cairo after a month of the famously late-night city being forced to shut down by 11pm. Cairenes are used to sitting at cafes until the small hours, but energy price spikes from the Iran war pushed authorities to impose a curfew, and dim or shut off streetlights, one of several such efforts to preserve fuel worldwide. It hit the capital’s economy badly — “All of [Cairo residents’] work is done at the coffee …
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Live MintCairo Relishes Return to Late Nights After Month of Eerie Calm
(Bloomberg) — Most evenings, Mohamed Ismail would sit at his local ‘ahwa, one of the small, no-frills coffee shops that are the cornerstone of social life in Cairo. He would smoke shisha and play chess with friends often until 2 or even 3 a.m., with the streets of Egypt’s capital still busy with crowds shopping, snacking and chatting.
Since the beginning of the conflict, the Egyptian government has put in place a commercial curfew and a partial telework to save energy that has become priceless. The mega-city, which usually lives at night, is abnormally calm, for the greatest misfortune of coffee makers.
Egypt Repeals Energy-Saving Measures Amid Crisis
Egypt has revoked the energy-saving measures it had implemented to combat the energy crisis triggered by the conflict with Iran. The government announced the suspension of the mandate requiring shops, malls, and restaurants to close at 11 p.m., allowing them to resume regular operating hours.
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