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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Cairo Readies for Obama [Watch (HLS stream): Cairo Readies for Obama](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yLqUF5Z2.m3u8) (3:19)  _Published 2009-06-02. TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Scott MacLeod discusses President Obama's upcoming visit to Egypt and the implications of his speech in the Arab capital_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:10 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Jubilant Egypt: Street Celebrations in Cairo](/video/vbuvecCC/) ### Jubilant Egypt: Street Celebrations in Cairo [Obama's War](/video/0eLcnjFZ/) ### Obama's War [Cairo Youths on Obama’s Speech](/video/RSJEs6Va/) ### Cairo Youths on Obama’s Speech --- ## Transcript >> Rarely has an American president made a public visit to Egypt. For the last eight years, relations between the US and the Islamic world, in general, have been strained. So, for the American president to come to the heart of Cairo to really reach out and give a speech to Egyptians and to the wider Islamic world, it's a big deal that's being felt on the streets of Cairo. You can feel it right now. His popularity is almost unprecedented in recent years for an American president. And I think that this has to do with the fact that first, Obama is reaching out and is making a very clear signal to the Islamic world that we don't want to be your enemy and we do wanna work cooperatively with you. And second, Obama has been talking about reviving the Arab- Israeli peace process, about withdrawing American troops from Iraq, and these are the kinds of things that Arabs wanna hear. So, this is the reason for the favorable reception. So, the president will arrive at Cairo Airport in the morning. He'll go right from there to the nearby presidential palace of President Mubarak of Egypt to have talks. Then, from there, he'll go and visit the Sultan Hassan Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in Egypt. It's a masterpiece of Islamic architecture. Then he's gonna go to Cairo University for the very widely anticipated speech to the Islamic world. Then from there, he's gonna go to the Great Pyramids of Giza, and he's gonna have a tour by the chief archaeologist in Egypt, Dr. Zahi Hawass. If he had time, one of the great views of Cairo, is from the Al- Azhar Park. It overlooks the Islamic corner, but it also is up on a hill, so it overlooks the whole of Cairo. I would also advise Obama, you know, he's a fast food junkie. I would advise him to go to Abou Tarek. The fast food for Egyptian is koshary, which is kind of a like a pasta or a spaghetti. It's a macaroni dish with lentils and a ton of spicy tomato sauce. Then, he should do what we're doing right now, which is just taking a sailboat ride down the Nile River. It's also something that, you know, lets you reflect a little bit on where we are. This is an ancient country. This river has flowed here forever, and I think if Obama came here, he would see, " Okay, you know, Egypt, Cairo, it's a very populated country, a lot of problems, a lot of problems in the region, but life goes on ." ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Cairo Readies for Obama","description":"TIME Cairo Bureau Chief Scott MacLeod discusses President Obama's upcoming visit to Egypt and the implications of his speech in the Arab capital","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/yLqUF5Z2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2009-06-02T16:15:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yLqUF5Z2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/yLqUF5Z2/","duration":"PT3M19S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/yLqUF5Z2/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```