Wandering through Old Cairo’s narrow streets, where whirling men, sweet treats, and devotion paint Mawlid Al-Sayeda Zaynab.

with twisting alleyways and ancient churches that are several centuries older than the ornate mosques of Islamic Cairo. According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt ...

Bus tours – like those offered by Memphis Tours and Egypt Tailor Made ... but the neighborhood's famous mosques are not situated within walking distance. Islamic Cairo is free to visit, although ...

When Egypt opened a "record-breaking mosque" it was "widely criticised for ... protests", like those that happened in 2011 around Cairo's Tahrir Square, said CNN. Maged Mandour, an Egyptian ...

In many ways, the stray cats of Cairo mirror Egypt’s rapidly growing human population, resilient, adaptable, and constantly ...

People commemorate the birthday of Sayyeda Zeinab, the granddaughter of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, during a Moulid, a celebration of a holy person's birth, outside the mosque and shrine named ...

AUC winter course "Egypt, Ancient to Modern Civilization" takes students around Egypt, including to Luxor, Saqqara/Giza, and ...

Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, is a metropolis embedded in history ... Visitors can explore the hundreds of mosques, tombs, mansions, and madrasas (Islamic schools) in the area.