A pedestrian walks down a narrow urban street in Wust El-Balad (Downtown Cairo), flanked by mid-rise aged apartment and commercial buildings with Arabic signage visible on shopfronts. At the end of the street stands a church with a distinctive rounded apse, terracotta-toned facade, and a cross on its tower, typical of early 20th-century ecclesiastical architecture found in central Cairo. Parked cars line both sides of the street, reflecting everyday urban life in one of Cairo's oldest and most architecturally diverse neighborhoods.