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inlaid with renowned Iznik tiles, is Cairo's earliest Ottoman mosque, built in 1528 A.D., eleven years after the Ottoman army under Sultan Selim conquered Egypt from the Mamluk empire. Sign up here.
The Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan is right across the street from the 19th Century Al-Rifa'i Mosque in Salah Al-Din ...
PM Modi Egypt visit ... Wooden fixtures, including the mosque's doors, its pulpit and the signature decorative wooden tiles that line the base of its ceilings, were bolstered.
Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany, members of parliament, Egyptian and international ... and the pillars of the mosque were consolidated and deteriorated tiles of the floor were repaired ...
Coverage dropped to 41.03% in 2020, then further down to 37.42% in 2021, which means that more than 62% of mosques in Egypt lack an official imam. Data from the Ministry of Endowments also shows a ...
A 17th-century Iznik tile that may have framed a mosque door, window or mihrab This review is mainly a forensic analysis, but aesthetic understanding is also very valuable and a noted Sudanese ...
The mosque of Al-Zhahir Baybars, built under Mamluk rule in 1268, spans an area of three acres just north of central Cairo, making it Egypt's third-largest mosque. Sign up here. The mosque ...
ALBAWABA - A video circulating across social media showing a popular Egyptian media personality dancing in a mosque courtyard angered local Muslims on the internet. Social media users demanded ...
Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities marked the completion of multi-year renovations to the 14th-century Altunbugha al-Maridani mosque, funded by the EU and the Aga Khan Foundation. View of the ...