Al-Ahram Weekly took part in a three-day initiative aiming to improve recycling and upcycling in Downtown Cairo.

The book corner is a bibliophile’s dream, with shelves of hardcovers whose cloth bindings and gilt lettering harken back to when books were objects of reverence rather than temporary entertainment.

The brick building with its vintage façade stands proudly on Ponchatoula’s landscape, its weathered sign and classic Coca-Cola advertisements serving as a portal to decades past. The rustic exterior ...