The Mosque of Aqsunqur or the Blue Mosque is one of the prettiest and quietest places in Cairo. It lies nearby the Mosque-Mausoleum of Khayrbak and the Waqf of ...
I am married to an Abu Dahab. This name is very illustrious in Egypt and the family is supposedly a very old one. Riddled with rifts, family dramas, political g...
Gayer Anderson Museum: an enchanting house of secrets, the erstwhile Beit Al-Keritleya (house of the Cretan lady), the resting place of Noah’s Ark rested after ...
This obscure offbeat gem is located on Roda Island, one of the many islands on the Nile. Though overlooked by most Cairo visitors, Manial Palace offers some of ...
Al Ghuriya Mosque Madrassa complex is one of my favourite places in Cairo. It is located near the intersection of Muizz Street and Al Azhar Mosque. Established ...
I heard the strains of music accompanying Tanoura dance even before I saw the show. It while walking down the maze of timeless narrow lanes of Islamic Cairo, th...
Recently Tarek and I have been discovering our new home city together. Being camera happy, we took endless pictures of the street life and came to the conclusio...
Everything about the Ibn Tulun Mosque is of legendary proportions. To begin with, it is the oldest mosque in Egypt and one of the largest in the world. Its ...
The most intriguing and interesting part of the Mosque-of-Al-Refaie is its location. Nobody knows why Khoshiar chose to build it bang opposite the massive Sulta...
Living in Cairo is like being surrounded by antiquity all the time. Ancient and medieval monuments dot every niche of this great city and thousands of minarets ...
