In many ways, the stray cats of Cairo mirror Egypt’s rapidly growing human population, resilient, adaptable, and constantly ...

AUC winter course "Egypt, Ancient to Modern Civilization" takes students around Egypt, including to Luxor, Saqqara/Giza, and ...

Bus tours – like those offered by Memphis Tours and Egypt Tailor Made ... but the neighborhood's famous mosques are not situated within walking distance. Islamic Cairo is free to visit, although ...

A man raises his prayers beads as he commemorates the birthday of Sayyeda Zeinab, the granddaughter of the Muslim Prophet ...

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Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, is a metropolis embedded in history ... Visitors can explore the hundreds of mosques, tombs, mansions, and madrasas (Islamic schools) in the area.

with twisting alleyways and ancient churches that are several centuries older than the ornate mosques of Islamic Cairo. According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt ...