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The sprawling city of Cairo has congestion, pollution and 17 million people. Now it has a 74-acre park right in the heart of its historic center. Laila Stino and her husband, Maher, laid out the master plan for the park landscapes, working out which groundcover will keep a steep slope from eroding and which trees won't block out views of nearby minarets or the fortification of the Citidel. The couple, whose firm Sites International has offices in Ann Arbor and Cairo, experimented with designs for lights, benches, drinking fountains and trash cans for the park, which is set to officially open this month.