Cairo
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Cairo is a recurring place in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between May 24, 2021 and March 25, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “talked to a traveler from Cairo who said he encountered the most beautiful and skilled and virtuous person”; “now you know your long-lost brother must be in Cairo”; “Africa & The Middle East Egypt CAIRO”. It most often appears alongside 10 E Main Street, Fairborn 45324, 11841 Wagner Street, Culver City, 13 Mile road.
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- Category: Places
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: May 24, 2021
- Last seen: March 25, 2025
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Related Pages
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- 10 E Main Street, Fairborn 45324 (1 shared issues)
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- 11841 Wagner Street, Culver City (1 shared issues)
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- 13 Mile road (1 shared issues)
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- 131 Colonie Center (1 shared issues)
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- 133 SE Madison Street, Portland, OR 97214 (1 shared issues)
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- 166 cours de l’Argonne (Maison Internationale) (1 shared issues)
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- 1970 port Laurent place (1 shared issues)
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- 200 Degrees (1 shared issues)
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- 2740 Telegraph Ave (1 shared issues)
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- 317 Eugenia Ave 2S (1 shared issues)
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- 47 Clinton Pl. (1 shared issues)
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- 4th Ave Food Park (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
Scheherazade's stories are set in an idealized Middle East. The sultans are always wise and just, the princes are always strong and handsome, and almost a full half of viziers are non-evil. Named characters are always so beautiful and skilled and virtuous that it sometimes gets used it as a plot device - a character is separated from his family member or lover, so he wanders into a caravanserai and asks for news of someone who is excessively beautiful and skilled and virtuous. "Oh yes," says one of the merchants, "I talked to a traveler from Cairo who said he encountered the most beautiful and skilled and virtuous person he'd ever seen in a garden there, he couldn't shut up about them for days" - and now you know your long-lost brother must be in Cairo. In one case, a woman went searching for her long-lost son, tasted some pomegranate jam in Damascus, and immediately (and correctly!) concluded that only her son could make pomegranate jam that good. She demanded to know where the merchant had gotten the jam, and the trail led to a happy reunion.
If you need to change a meetup date or you have any other questions, please email skyler[at]rationalitymeetups[ period]org. Africa & The Middle East Egypt CAIRO Contact: Mostafa Shahat Contact Info: ms[a t]mostafashahat[period]com Time: Sunday, April 20th, 12:00 PM Location: Consoleya | We'll be in the main coworking space on the ground floor. I'll be wearing a name tag with 'ACX MEETUP' on it, and there will be a small sign on the table. Coordinates: https://plus.codes/8G2H26XR+P4
Inline links: https://plus.codes/8G2H26XR+P4