"Islamic Cairo" Cairo Travelogue by raultram

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Islamic Cairo

The Mosque of al-Azhar was founded by Jawhar al-Siqilly, the Fatimid conqueror of Egypt, in 970 as the congregational mosque for the new city of al-Qahira. A university was established there in 988.

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Sayyidna al Hussein Mosque

Try the cafe that is open in the last 200 years non-stop9so they say- even that they close in the days of ramadan during morning). It's a turistic place now, but it used to be the place where Naguib Mahfouz was drinking his tea.

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