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Al-Busiri Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الإمام البوصيري, romanized: Masjid Al-Imam Al-Busiri), also known as Imam Al Busiri Mosque, is a mosque located in the Anfoushi neighbourhood of Alexandria, Egypt. It is named after Al-Busiri, a Sanhaji Sufi Imam who lived in Alexandria during the 13th century, [1] and it is where his tomb is ...
Television in Egypt is mainly received through free satellite, while analog terrestrial represents 41% of total viewers. The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) said the average time an Egyptian spends watching television a day is 180 minutes (3 hours), while Egyptian channels recorded 170,000 hours of broadcast in 2019.
Coptic TV (CTV) is the official Coptic Orthodox TV station broadcasting in Arabic via satellite to viewers in Egypt. Tharwat Bassily, a business man, was instrumental in establishing the television network, which was started in 2007. CTV subsequently started broadcasting in North America and elsewhere. Their headquarters are located in Cairo ...
Sidi Bishr Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدي بشر, romanized: Masjid Sīdī Bishr) is an Egyptian mosque in the Sidi Bishr neighborhood of Alexandria. [1] It is named after Sheikh Bishr Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ubayd Allah Ibn Al-Hussein Ibn Bishr Al-Jawhari, a late 5th-century to early 6th-century AH (late 11th-century to early 12th-century CE) sheikh who lived in Alexandria after ...
Street doorway of the mosque with the geometric brickwork. The building has two floors, the ground floor is occupied with shops, the mosque itself is in the first floor which makes it a so-called "hanging mosque". [14]
After Alexandria fell under Muslim control, it gradually lost its importance since the newly created Empire was not dependent on land and had other ports nearby like Damietta, and Palestinian ports, but nevertheless the city includes several large and important mosques.
The Nabi Daniel Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النبي دانيال), is a historic mosque located in Alexandria, Egypt.It is named after Muhammad Daniyal al-Mawsili, a Kurdish Muslim scholar of the Shafi'i school of thought who was buried in the mosque.
The Attarine Mosque (Arabic: مسجد العطارين), also known as the Al-Juyushi Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الجيوشى) is a historic mosque located in Alexandria, Egypt. It was built on the site of a former church dedicated to Athanasius of Alexandria which was later dedicated to Saint Sabbas. [1]