salary and cost of living for an expat in cairo

[jk]

Hello!

I am trying to gather as much information as possible on the cost of living in Cairo, Egypt. I know it is cheap to live there and several people have said this, but I am not sure if this is true when it comes to living a semi western lifestyle in cairo.
If you lived in Cairo for a couple of years and saved heaps of money while living very well on a quarter of your US salary please let me know. I guess it all depends on your salary? Thoughts, comments........general info about Cairo would be great.........thanks

[Informed]

Cairo has become more expensive lately as has the rest of the world. Yet, one can live like royalty on $500 to $1000 a month. If you are making about $25K you will be happy.