Italian Food in Cairo?

I'm not proud of the fact that I didn't really eat any ethnically Egyptian food today. To be fair, I fully intended to get ful (pronounced "fool"), a very common dish made of fava beans for dinner at the restaurant around the corner, but by the time I got back to our apartment after a long day out, I could not make myself leave. So we resorted to Pizza Hut, one of the unlimited number of delivery options here in Cairo - and when I say unlimited, I mean every single place delivers to wherever at whatever time. The number of McDelivery bikes I've seen is ridiculous.

But before I dive too deeply into a description of the Cairo dining options, I'll give a quick rundown of the day. We went to orientations at three different NGOs, of which we will select one to work at. The options are "Ana al-Misri" (meaning I, the Egyptian) which works with children formerly living on the streets, "Al-Kayan" working with disabled children, and Awtad which has a variety of empowerment projects in the city. My favorite and first choice to volunteer at is Ana al-Misri; although it's the farthest away (a 45 minute taxi ride), it is the most hands-on and high-energy atmosphere of the three, and the kids are absolutely adorable. In between our orientation marathon, we stopped to get lunch at an Italian restaurant, chosen for it's convenient location. The inside looked nothing like Egypt, and there was far more English and Italian on the menu and wall decorations than Arabic. Afterward, we hit up the other two NGOs, then collapsed back at our apartment and settled down to Pizza Hut, which is even better than American Pizza Hut (apparently because health standards are less strict here, so they can make it a lot worse for you).