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Al-Azhar Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزهر, romanized: al-Jāmiʿ al-ʾAzhar, lit. 'The Resplendent Congregational Mosque', Egyptian Arabic : جامع الأزهر , romanized: Gāmiʿ el-ʾazhar ), known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar , is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt in the historic Islamic core of the city .
The Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay or Wakala of Sultan Qaytbay (among other variations) is an urban caravanserai (wikala or wakala) and rab (apartment complex) built by Sultan al-Ashraf Abu al-Nasr Qaitbay in 1481 CE in Islamic Cairo, the historic medieval district of Cairo, Egypt. [1]
The Al-Rifa'i Mosque in Cairo, a major example of Neo-Mamluk architecture. It was begun in 1869 by Egyptian architect Husayn Fahmi Pasha and completed in 1911 by Hungarian architect Max Herz . Neo-Mamluk architecture or Mamluk revival architecture is an architectural style that was popular mainly in Egypt in the late 19th century and early 20th ...
This mosque is also known as the Adel Road Mosque. [3] The Al-Noor mosque is a red brick building. Hoda Badr, author of "Al Noor Mosque: Strength Through Unity, wrote that "there is nothing to indicate that it is a mosque" except for the windows that "bear a slight Arabic influence". [13]
The local mosque in terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s Houston community has urged its members to avoid speaking with the media and to refer any potential FBI inquiries to the controversial Council ...
Interior of the Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab in Cairo (c. 1774) One of the notable mosques from this period is the Mosque of Abu al-Dhahab (c. 1774), erected next to al-Azhar Mosque. It is similar to the older Sinan Pasha Mosque in form and mixes elements inspired by various sources.
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The building, which has more than 220,000 square feet of floor space, could house nonprofits and for-profit businesses alike, according to Fadi Suleiman, a Palestinian American mosque member and ...