I visit cemeteries on my travels, and this has taught me more about cities than any guidebook

I visit cemeteries on my travels, and this has taught me more about cities than any guidebook

Cemeteries are places where history, tradition, religion, architecture and culture intersect. I now seek out graves anywhere I visit

Living among the graves: Cairo’s City of the Dead faces an uncertain future

A woman sits outside the ruins of houses destroyed in Cairo’s historic City of the Dead. Image: Stuart Butler In Cairo’s City of the Dead, where homes are mausoleums and communities have grown among the graves, residents speak out against the destruction of their lives and heritage – and the silence that surrounds it  By Stuart Butler These politicians have no respect for the dead. They destroy mosques, schools and people’s homes. Their end will…