Islamic Cairo Attractions Archives

Aug

Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque

August 6, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque named after the general who conquered Egypt for Islam in AD 640, the original Mosque of...

Jul

Bayt Al-Suhaymi

July 22, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Bayt Al-Suhaymi is the most elegant remaining residence in Islamic Cairo. Beit as-Suhaymi is really two houses, one built in...

Jul

Aqmar Mosque

July 22, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Mosque of al-Aqmar Facts: The name of the Mosque of al-Aqmar (the Moonlit Mosque) was supposedly inspired by the luminous...

Jul

Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda

July 22, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Sabil-Kuttab of Katkhuda Facts: Islamic Cairo is dotted with odd-shaped buildings with large windows covered by lacy grilles and what...

Jul

Whirling Dervishes

July 22, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Whirling Dervishes in Cairo facts: Cairo’s Whirling Dervishes are members of the Mawlaiyya sect of Sufis, followers of a semi-mystical...

Jul

Al-Ghouri Complex

July 22, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex in Cairo Features: One of the finest buildings in Cairo, the Sultan Al-Ghuri Complex is made up of...

Jul

Beit Zeinab Khatoun

July 22, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Beit Zeinab Khatoun: Running between the south-wall of Al-Azhar Mosque and a long, low, medieval wikala, a narrow alley leads...

Jul

Al-Hussein Mosque

July 19, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein Facts: Al-Hussein Mosque is the most important mosque in all Egypt, so sacred that only Muslims...

Jul

Muski Street

July 16, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

In a city that is bursting at the seams, Sharia Muski is possibly the single most crowded street of all....

Jul

Khan el-Khalili

July 16, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Khan al-Khalili Bazaar In Cairo: Built-in 1382 by Garkas al-Khalili, Master of Horses to Sultan Barquq, Khan al-Khalili is one...

Jul

Wikala of al-Ghouri

July 15, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Also known as khans or caravanserais, wikalas were hostels used by merchants arriving in caravans from North Africa, Arabia and...

Jul

Muizz Street

July 15, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Muizz street features and Facts Al-Muizz li-Din Allah was the Fatimid caliph who conquered Cairo in AD 969. Al-Muizz Street...

Jul

Gayer-Anderson Museum

July 15, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Gayer-Anderson Museum In Cairo: This charming museum is the legacy of John Gayer-Anderson, a British officer serving in Cairo. In...

Jul

Mosque of Ibn Tulun

July 15, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

The Mosque of Ahmed Ibn Tulun: One of the largest and oldest mosques in the country, Ibn Tulun was built...

Jul

Al-Rifa’i Mosque

July 15, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Al-Rifa’i Mosque Facts: Separated from the Mosque of Sultan Hassan by a canyon-like pedestrian street, the similar scale and symmetry...

Jul

Mosque of Sultan Hassan

July 15, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Mosque of Sultan Hassan Features: Mosque of Sultan Hassan is One of the most interesting of the capital’s mosques, this...

Jul

Mosque of al-Azhar

July 15, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Al-Azhar Mosque In Cairo: Just southwest of Midan al-Hussein is one of Cairo’s most venerable institutions. Al-Azhar was founded in...

Jul

Mosque of Mohammad Ali

July 15, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

Muhamed Ali Mosque In Cairo: Dominating the eastern Cairo skyline, the Mohammed Ali Mosque is a relative newcomer, having been...

Jul

The Citadel of Saladin

July 15, 2018cleopatra egypt toursIslamic Cairo Attractions

The Citadel of Saladin in Egypt: Salah El-Din (known as Saladin to European historians) Home to Egypt’s rulers for almost...

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