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191 images Created 23 May 2019

Egypt - Islamic Cairo

Journey around the old walled city of Cairo and the Citadel of Cairo which are characterized by hundreds of mosques, tombs, madrasas, mansions, caravanserais, and fortifications dating from the medieval Islamic-era
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  • Crowds walking in Azhar Street in front of the main entrance to the Al Azhar Mosque and the Abu Al Dahab mosque in Cairo
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  • Street vendor with her colorful merchandise in the Khan El Khalili market in Cairo
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  • This busy and colorful open-air bazaar is located in the heart of Islamic Cairo
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  • Spices and dried fruit for sale in spice shop, Khan el Khalili Bazaar
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  • Lamp shop in Khan El Khalili bazaar
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  • Prayer beads on sale at Khan El Khalili bazaar in Cairo
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  • Potential customer walks past an Egyptian vendor as he waits  patiently for customers in his shop in Khan El-Khalili market
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  • Ornate entrance door to the Naguib Mahfouz Restaurant / Cafe in the Khan El Khalili market
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  • Handmade Lanterns for sale in Khan El Khalili market showing off geometric designs of stars or leaves pierced into their shining surfaces
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  • Ornate Sheesha pipes on sale in the Khan el-Khalili market
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  • Lanterns, so called fanooz, on sale in the Khan El Khalili market in Cairo Used during Ramadan for home decorations as part of an old tradition
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  • Hustle and bustle of daily life in Khan El Khalili market in Islamic Cairo
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  • Enthusiastic salesman trying to attract potential customers to visit his shop in the Khan El Khalili Market in Islamic Cairo
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  • Souvenir shop in Khan El Khalili  market
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  • The carved stone wall and ornamental window grill of Sabil Kuttab Aly El-Mutahhir Mosque
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  • Traditionally dressed local shoppers in the Khan El Khalili market in Cairo during Ramadan
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  • Shopping in Khan El Khalili market, Cairo, during Ramadan
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  • Nighttime activity around the Market stalls in the Al Ghouri complex in Cairo
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  • Tentmakers Bazaar in Khan El Khalili market at night in black and white
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  • Dimly lit alleyway in Khan El Khalili market
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  • Stairway in a dark alley of the camel bone area of the Khan El Khalili market
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  • Street vendors with their colorful merchandise and souvenirs in the Khan El Khalili market in Islamic Cairo
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  • Antique decorative copper, bronze and iron lanterns, tables and pots at the Crazy brothers shop in the Khan El Khalili market
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  • Fruit for sale in the narrow streets of Khan El Khalili  market in Cairo
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  • A young man transports bread in the streets of Khan El Khalili bazaar in Cairo
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  • Street vendor selling fruit in the narrow streets of Khan El Khalili  market in Cairo
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  • The busy Al Muizz street in Khan el-Khalili market during the Ramadan holiday in Cairo
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  • Merchant stands outside his shop in one of many side streets of the Khan El Khalili market in Old Cairo
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  • Craftsman at work in a copper and Brass shop in the Khan el Khalili Bazaar in Old Cairo
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  • Vendor sitting outside his shop on Al Muizz street in Khan El Khalili market, Islamic Cairo
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  • Shoe maker making camel hide leather slippers in the Tentmakers row section of Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo
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  • Shoe maker making camel hide leather slippers in the Tentmakers row section of Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo
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  • Hustle and bustle of pedestrian and Tuk-tuk traffic competing for space in the tent makers row area of Khan El-Khalili bazaar
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  • Side street off Al-Muizz street in the Khan El Khalili market near the Bab al-Futuh gate
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  • Decorations on a side street in Islamic Cairo celebrating Ramadan
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  • Smoke filled side street in Khan El Khalili market
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  • Intricate details on the exterior of the minaret in the Funerary Complex of Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun in Cairo
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  • One of the classic sections of Muizz Street, Bayn al-Qasrayn, featuring Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq on the left and Sabil of Muhammad Ali Pasha on the right
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  • An iconic section of Muizz Street known as Bayn al-Qasrayn, featuring the famous Complex of Sultan Qalawun, and behind it the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq.
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  • Family shopping at the Khan el-Khalili market in Islamic Cairo
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  • Bab Zuweila is one of the three remaining gates in the wall of the old city of Cairo. It is the last remaining Southern Gate from the walls of Fatimid Cairo in the 11th and 12th Centuries
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  • Ornate Entry door to the Historic Sabil wa Kuttab of Tusun Pasha, decorated with carved marble reliefs, located in Al-Muizz street
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  • Exterior detail of bronze window grilles and carved marble reliefs at the Sabil wa Kuttab of Tusun Pasha, the elder son of Muhammad Ali Pasha
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  • Courtyard of the Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque surrounded by rows of columns, forming the parallel arcaded sides
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  • The Minbar (pulpit} of the Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad at the Citadel in Cairo, Egypt
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  • Rows of columns, forming the parallel arcaded sides of the courtyard
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  • Rows of columns, forming the parallel arcades on the sides of the courtyard
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  • The Prayer hall showing rhe Mihrab (prayer niche) and Minbar (pulpit) in the Al-Nasir Muhammad Mosque
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  • Moslem Worshippers relaxing in the Al Nasir Muhammad mosque after daily noon  prayers
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  • Mihrab of Mosque of Al-Nasir Muhammad at the Citadel in Cairo
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  • Mihrab of Mosque of Al-Nasir Muhammad at the Citadel in Cairo
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  • Sanctuary Hall in the Mosque of Muhammad Ali
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  • Portico at the Mohammed Ali's Alabaster Mosque, Cairo Citadel, Egypt
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  • Alabaster  covered portico surrounding the courtyard of the Muhammad Ali mosque in Islamic Cairo
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  • Colonnade at the Mohamed Ali Mosque inn Black and White
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  • A general view of one of the arcades surrounding  the open courtyard  of the Mosque of Muhammad Ali at the Citadel in Islamic Cairo
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  • Colonnade around the courtyard of the Mohamed Ali Mosque in Cairo
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  • Interior at the Muhammad Ali mosque in the Citadel of Cairo, showing the marble colums supporting the main Dome of the mosque
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  • Marble Columns of the passageways on the sides of the Sanctuary Hall of the Muhammad Ali Mosque in the Citadel of Cairo
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  • The  alabaster covered portico of the Muhammad Ali mosque.
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  • Ornately carved door opening onto the steps of the Minbar in the Sultan al-Muayyad Mosque in Cairo
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  • Colonnades surrounding the courtyard of the Sultan al-Muayyad mosque in Cairo
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  • Mashrabiya screen in the Mosque of Sultan al-Muayyad in old islamic Cairo
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  • Worshippers walking across the courtyard of the al-hakim mosque in Cairo
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  • Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo’s Oldest and Largest Mosque
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  • The Cairo skyline and the domes of the Mosque and Madrasa of Amir Sarghatmish from the minaret of the Ibn Tulun Mosque
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  • Madrasa Sarghatmish as seen from the spiral Minaret of the Ibn Tulun Mosque
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  • The Dome of the Madrasa Sarghatmish visible from the roof of the Ibn Tulun Mosque
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  • Ablution Fountain, in the courtyard of the Ibn Tulun Mosque viewed through one of the arches of the arcade
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  • The minaret, the only one of its kind in Egypt, is modeled after the minarets of Samarra, with a spiral staircase around the outside.
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  • View down an Arcade of the Ibn Tulun Mosque showing the rows of Arches lining the inner courtyard of the mosque in Cairo
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  • Tourists in one of the colonnades surrounding the courtyard of the Ibn Tulun mosque in Cairo
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  • The Arcade of the Ibn Tulun mosque lit up by the afternoon sun
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  • Afternoon sun casting shadows through  the arches around the courtyard of the Ibn Tulun Mosque
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  • Sepia rendition of an Arcade of the Ibn Tulun Mosque showing the rows of Arches lining the inner courtyard of the mosque in Cairo
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  • The elegant simplicity of the Ibn Tulun Mosque's architecture and decoration. The Mosque is now the oldest surviving mosque in Egypt and Africa
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  • One of the 19 entrance doors to the Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo
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