Cairo: the nightlife.

I don't know whether you've heard this, but...Egypt is hot. There are enough people in this city that plenty of them are still out and about in the middle of the afternoon, but most try not to do too much around then. Instead, most stores, cafés, etc. are open very late. City Stars - the biggest mall in Egypt - is open until midnight, and the RadioShack down the street from me is even open until 1 a.m. Sidewalk sellers stay out to play their wares even later. The streets are as alive in the middle of the night here as they would be in the afternoon in most other places, with children scampering about and everything. After the sun goes down, the grass on the large street dividers fills up with entire families picnicking or just chilling.