Residents of Cairo cannot simply live as they please - they must always take into account the judgement that will be made of them by the man who sits at the front door of their building.
One of the many things any fresh-faced arrival in Cairo is likely to notice - when lugging bags and suitcases to a new abode - is that there will be somebody sitting in front of it, sternly looking into space with a stare so stoical that it can only have resulted from a lifetime of gazing, sitting and waiting.
In Cairo’s hectic maelstrom of activity, there is one person who can take things relatively easy - the doorman, or bewab.
Great little story from the BBC on an often overlooked and misunderstood institution in Egypt.
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