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Starbucks is launching its first chain in Cairo but can it replace traditional Egyptian culture, like sheesha smoking? Cilantro is a thriving Egyptian coffee chain – what do its owners think? Al Jazeera reports. (9:17 min)

This documentary tours through the Muslim world, in search of that “atmosphere of Paradise,” hidden away in mosques and palaces (90 min in 10 segments). Istanbul is on Segment 7.

A desperate shortage of staple foods, brought about partly by rising oil prices, has sparked riots around the world. In Egypt, where the common word for bread is “life”, Street Food investigates the cost for the average person. (22 minutes in 2 parts)