The Word at Sultan Hassan
Cairo, Egypt “The Word”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 17: The Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa is rarely if ever unattended. A working house of God, the mosque is open to all; One can expect to find worshippers, clerics and teachers from the school within this historic temple. The […]
Old-Time Religion
Cairo, Egypt “Have a Seat”Click here to share or send a greeting with this image.Touring Egypt 15: As I’ve mentioned before, Cairo is home to hundreds of mosques. One of the most imposing is the magnificent Sultan Hassan Mosque and Madrassa, downtown on the edges of the old city. Just a very short distance from […]
Heights of Cairo
Cairo, Egypt “Minarets of Cairo“Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt 9: This time, let’s talk altitude. Getting high-up to see the fabulous panorama of old, Islamic Cairo. Long before I ever visited Egypt for the first time, I saw illustrations and read in travel books about how the […]
Old-Fashioned Religion
Cairo, Egypt “Old-Fashioned Religion“Click here to share or send a greeting with this image. Touring Egypt (5): There are many, many things a tourist should do in and around Cairo at night. We have all heard of the nightly sound-and-light show at the pyramids in nearby Giza, shopping and tea in the Khan el-Khalili, and […]
