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Cairo From Tower

The Nile, the 6th October bridge, and Downtown Cairo from a tower on Gezira island.

Cairo is the capital of Egypt and is the country's largest city, the place for 10 million people.[1]

The movies Diamonds Are Forever and The Spy Who Loved Me filmed scenes in this city.

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Diamonds Are Forever (film)[]

Bond's briefly shown punching a man in the face in Cairo at a Blackjack table while looking for Blofeld at the start of Diamonds Are Forever. Seen as a loose Easter egg referencing OHMSS.

The Spy Who Loved Me (film)[]

MI6 follows the trail of the Microfilm Plans of a Submarine Tracking System used against submarines. In the Sahara desert an old contact tells Bond about a man named Aziz Fekkesh and he ends up going near the Giza Pyramid Complex to speak with him, but there he finds Aziz dead and the only thread left is another man named Max Kalba and his Mojaba Club in Cairo. At the club Bond finds the KGB rival Anya Amasova looking for the same plans.

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