Cairo traffic poses daily test of survival In an endless cacophony of car horns, Mostafa Ekram each day confronts the frenzy of Cairo's traffic jams: pedestrians darting out into the street, swerving tuk-tuks and even donkey carts. Cairo is a sprawling metropolis of 20 million inhabitants where traffic laws are rarely respected and traffic jams can grind on well into the night. NATURAL SOUND VERSION OF AN AFPTV VOICED REPORT