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To drive in Egypt, ‘Don’t look right or left’
CAIRO â I have finally solved a mystery that ranks with the greatest in Egypt: not, as you might think, how the Pyramids were built, but why is traffic in Cairo so crazy?
Haja Amina, my driving instructor, showed me the answer. After several years of taking taxis, subways and getting rides, I finally decided to enter the mayhem that passes for driving in Egypt.
Swathed in black veil and robe, in her late fifties, and looking more ready for grocery shopping than driving, Amina pulled her dusty yellow Fiat over to the curb and frowned at me. I hopped in and we were off to a quiet residential area for my first lesson. I knew I was in the hands of a pro when she seamlessly merged into traffic and, horn blaring, crossed an intersection with complete disregard for cars screeching to a halt or swerving to avoid us.
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