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	Cairo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cairo is the sixteenth most populous metropolitan area in the world (the 10th according to 2004 statistics).
		Cairo is located on the banks and islands of the Nile River in the north of Egypt, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and breaks into two branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region.
		Cairo's population exploded, increasing from 374,000 in 1882 to 1,312,000 by 1937.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cairo (1875 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Cairo now is the capital city of Egypt, with 20 million inhabitants, and average population density is 50.000 inhabitants/ km².
		Cairo was established in 969 by the Fatimids when they conquered Egypt, but the area has been populated for at least 6000 years, and has even served as the capital of ancient Egypt (Heliopolis, Al Fustat, Al Katayia, Al Askar).
		Cairo has more than 1000 mosques, where the most famous are the mosques of Ibn Tulun, Kalaun, hossein, saida zeinab, and sultan Hassan, but the most dominating is the marble mosque of Muhammad Ali in the citadel overlooking the city.
	www.geocities.com /alziker/cairo.htm (326 words)

	MSN Encarta - Cairo (Egypt)
		Greater Cairo is spread across three of Egypt's administrative governorates: the east bank portion is located in Al Qalyobīyah Governorate, while the west bank is part of the governorates of Al Jīzah and Al Qalyobīyah.
		Cairo is marked by the traditions and influences of the East and the West, the ancient and the modern.
		Cairo is served by an international airport, situated approximately 24 km (about 15 mi) northeast of the city; the Ramses train station and a bus terminal are located near Tahrīr Square in downtown Cairo.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560224/Cairo_(Egypt).html (1006 words)

	Islamic Arts - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Islamic Arts
		Islamic textiles, notably those of the Fatimid period, include silk brocades, weavings, and carpets of an unprecedented fineness and beauty produced for use as floor coverings and wall hangings.
		Islamic figurative art is generally secular (separated from religion).
		Representational examples of Islamic art often illustrate battles or animal hunts, and were used to decorate the private apartments of the nobility.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Islamic+Arts (913 words)

	Bibliography
		Behrens-Abouseif writes about the early Islamic architecture in Cairo and the five Islamic Periods of Egypt, which are the Fatimid Period, Ayyubid Period, Bahri Mamluks, Circassian Mamluks, and the Ottoman Period.
		The major Islamic Periods in Egypt are discussed, as well as the domestic structures and craftsmanship of stone, wood, metal, and other materials used in the construction of Islamic structures in Egypt.
		Lebon states that most Islamic cities carried the same layout and form but those established before Muhammad have kept their pre-Islamic fabric and many of its other structures.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /arch499/nonwest/cairo/bibliography.htm (859 words)

	BikeAbout Trip Log: November 22, 1997
		Islamic Cairo (sometimes called Medieval Cairo) lies to the east of central Cairo and is a dizzying maze of streets filled with sights and smells that overwhelm your senses.
		With the highest population density in Cairo (and perhaps the Middle East), Islamic Cairo hums with activity.
		Perhaps the most spectacular part of Islamic Cairo is the Citadel, a medieval fortress perched on a hill overlooking the entire Nile River valley and Cairo.
	www.bikeabout.org /journal/notes_36.htm (3395 words)

	4.615/Syllabus
		Caroline Williams, "The Cult of the ‘Alid Saints in the Fatimid Monuments of Cairo.
		Idem, "The Cult of the ‘Alid Saints in the Fatimid Monuments of Cairo.
		Mohammad al-Asad, "The Mosque of Muhammad ‘Ali in Cairo," Muqarnas 9 (1992): 39-55; idem, "The Mosque of al-Rifa‘i in Cairo," Muqarnas 10 (1993): 108-24.
	web.mit.edu /4.615/www/syllabus.html (1580 words)

	A tour of Islamic Cairo, Egypt
		Actually, this area is no more Islamic than Central Cairo, but as though walking through a time machine we are transported back to Cairo's past Islamic heritage, to a world of ancient mosques and 1,500 hundred year old markets; to medieval forts and the city that was Salah ad-Din's.
		Originally, Cairo's rulers selected the area for their tombs outside the crowed medieval city in a location that was mostly desert.
		This area of Islamic Cairo is called Darb al-Ahmar after the street name, and the first building of interest we come to will be the Mosque of Qijmas al-Ishaqi (60) (circa 1481 AD).
	touregypt.net /cairo/cairoislamic.htm (3626 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Greater Cairo is spread across three of Egypt's administrative govern orates, North eastern part is known as Kaliobia Governorate, while the west bank is part of the governorate of Giza, and the eastern parts and south eastern parts are another governorate known as Cairo, the three parts are known together as greater Cairo.
		Cairo is served by an international airport, situated approximately 24 km (about 15 mi) northeast of the city; the Ramsis train station and a bus terminal are located near downtown Cairo.
		Cairo's population grew rapidly in the in the war years, reaching 2 million by the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
	www.ask-aladdin.com /cairo1.htm (2017 words)

	Cairo Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		In many ways Cairo is the proverbial overgrown village, full of little districts and communities that feel much smaller and more intimate than the city of which they're part.
		Cairo's districts have changed, of course, since the time when they were founded, and with 10 million new residents having poured in since the revolution of 1952, many more new districts have grown around them.
		And the medieval precinct of Islamic Cairo is still where families traditionally go during Ramadan to spend the night eating and smoking after a day of abstinence.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=cairo@40 (588 words)

	Changing Cairo
		Cairo in the Islamic period 969-1798 AD Cairo, in Arabic 'al Qahira', meaning the victorious, was established in 969 AD by military forces of the Fatimid dynasty.
		Cairo was further marginalized by its status under the Ottoman empire as a provincial capital, rather than the capital of the empire as it had been under every regime since the Fatimids.
		Cairo continued to expand westward, especially along the far bank of the Nile River which attracted much of the growth, as did the low-income areas to the north.
	www.iupui.edu /~anthkb/a104/egypt/cairodevel.htm (7819 words)

	Welcome to the famous cities of Egypt
		Cairo, and the area around it are considered to be the heart of Egypt, and one may find almost every aspect of Egypt represented in the area, including some of the most famous Pharaonic, ancient Christian and Islamic monuments.
		Cairo comes alive at night, which is the best time to shop, eat delicious Middle Eastern cuisine, or simply watch the world go by from a pavement cafe.
		Islamic Cairo is not the oldest section of Cairo, as that distinction belongs to Old Cairo.
	www.summittoursegypt.com /egyptinfo.htm (2282 words)

	Touring Cairo, Egypt and the Pyramids
		CAIRO, EGYPT -- Sharia al-Muski, a medieval footpath worn rough by the traffic of seven centuries, runs directly through the heart of Islamic Cairo.
		Indeed, while a population explosion may be Cairo's most frequently cited nemesis, Egypt's capital also seems prey to another devastating kind of "time bomb," namely "history." Founded as a provincial Arab fortress town, the city of Cairo is young--only about thirteen centuries old--at least when put against the ancient monuments at nearby Giza.
		The Citadel is a meandering complex of military encampments and mosques begun in 1176 A.D. on an imposing hill at the city's eastern edge.
	www.fabuloustravel.com /globe/cairo/cairo.html (2740 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Middle East / Islamic Cairo Grapples with Restoring Its Treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The recently laid white marble floor is almost blinding in the summer sun at the heart of Cairo's 1,000-year-old Al-Azhar mosque, a landmark in a city with Islamic architectural riches that few can rival.
		CAIRO (Reuters) - The recently laid white marble floor is almost blinding in the summer sun at the heart of Cairo's 1,000-year-old Al-Azhar mosque, a landmark in a city with Islamic architectural riches that few can rival.
		To critics, the restoration of Al-Azhar -- one of the oldest seats of learning in the Islamic world -- is an example of what has gone wrong as Egypt races to save its wealth of Islamic treasures in the chaotic, polluted city of at least 16 million.
	www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2004/06/21/islamic_cairo_grapples_with_restoring_its_treasures?mode=PF (811 words)

	Islamic Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Of the three fairy-tale cities of the Islamic Orient - Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad - the Egyptian metropolis was the only one to remain undamaged by the devastation caused by Mongol attacks, and was therefore able to retain its medieval feel.
		The centers with the most important sights are Fatimid Cairo with the Khan al-Khalili Bazaar, the Al-Azhar Mosque, the mosques between the city gates Bab al-Futuh and Bab Zuweila, and the area around the Citadel and the necropolis.
		Located in the center of an area teaming with the most beautiful Islamic monuments from the 10th century, it was called "Al-Azhar" after Fatama al-Zahraa, daughter of the Prophet Mohamed (Peace and Prayers Be Upon Him).
	www.mesafreen.com /Html/CairoGiza/MonumentslslamicCairo.htm (717 words)

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		Founded in 634 at the strategic head of the Nile Delta, the city evolved from a military outpost to the seat of the ambitious and singular Fatimid caliphate between the 10th and 12th century.
		Its most spectacular age, however, was the Mamluk period (1250-1517) which established it as the uncontested center of a resurgent Sunni Islam and produced a wealth of religious, palatial, and commemorative structures that synthesized the achievements of previous periods and symbolized the image of the city for centuries to come.
		Moreover, many of its Islamic monuments (456 registered by the 1951 Survey of the Islamic Monuments of Cairo) still stand, although they remain largely unknown to the world's architectural community and their numbers are dwindling at an exceedingly alarming rate.
	archnet.org /courses/cairo.html (1904 words)

	Egyptvoyager.com: Islamic Cairo History - Fatimid Dynasty
		Al-Qahira, the area of modern Cairo now called 'Islamic', formed the centre of the city up until the mid-nineteenth century.
		Islamic Cairo, perhaps more properly thought of as medieval Cairo, is an area of narrow streets, covered markets and crumbling old buildings.
		He eventually proclaimed himself divine, razed Fustat to the ground and disappeared during a nocturnal mule ride in the Muqattam hills to the east of Cairo.
	www.egyptvoyager.com /towns_cairo_history_islamic_fatimids.htm (695 words)

	Islamic Art Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Islamic Art Network is a project undertaken by the Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation, a charitable, non-profit foundation that was established to advance, support and promote the protection, preservation, study and dissemination of the Islamic intellectual, cultural and artistic patrimony by any means deemed appropriate.
		The Islamic Art Network has taken a selection of the fl and white photographs from the Creswell Collection at the Rare Books and Special Collections Library at the American University in Cairo, and matched these with colour photographs shot from an identical perspective in the year 2003.
		The Islamic Art Network would like to thank the Rare Books and Special Collection library (RBSC) at the American University of Cairo, for permission to scan their collection of the Comité bulletins, their map of Southern Cairo and the use of their Creswell collection.
	www.islamic-art.org /Network/IAN.asp (647 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A view of the Island of Roda from the Cairo Tower, which is located on the Island of Jezirah.
		Islamic Cairo This is a view of one of the best preserved mosques of the Fatimid period (968-1169).
		Coptic Cairo is a typical ethnic neighborhood where you can experience the flavors of an oriental indigenous town of the Middle Ages.
	www.geog.okstate.edu /1113web/cairo.htm (190 words)

	Islamic Art Network - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The monograph was written by Max Herz Pasha, the defacto head of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe on the Mosque of Sultan Hasan in 1899.
		The director of the Islamic Art Network participated in the conference The City and its Parts: Articulations of Ceremonial and Social Space in Islamic Urban Contexts that took place in the Centre of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge on July 3rd and 4th, 2004.
		Cairo: 1001 Years of Islamic Art and Architecture, video series in four parts, text by Caroline Williams, produced and narrated by Gray Henry, January 20th 2004.
	www.islamic-art.org /News/News.asp (396 words)

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		The visitor to Cairo should perhaps begin exploration at the Citadel of Salaheddin (Saladin), which is built on a spur of the Muqattam Hills, a superb vantage point dominating the city.
		It was once Cairo's seat of power for succeeding caliphs, sultans, wazirs and pashas until the time of Mohammed Ali in the 19th century.
		The Al-Azhar Mosque lies to the east of Wekalet Al-Ghori, and is the earliest mosque of Cairo's Fatimid era.
	www.arab.net /egypt/et_cairo.htm (1260 words)

	Cairo, the City of, in Egypt
		If you wish, you may get away from it all at the top of the Cairo Tower, a modern 187 meter-high tower with views of the city from all sides, topped by a revolving restaurant.
		Modern Cairenes consider Central Cairo to consist of the area bordered by Old Cairo to the south, Islamic Cairo to the east and the Nile River to the west, but this covers a number of different districts.
		Heliopolis is a suburb of Cairo located to the north east, though there is no break between the cities as there was when it was first constructed in 1906.
	www.cairotourist.com /cairotown.htm (788 words)

	Cairo, 1001 years of Islamic Art and Architecture - Fons Vitae
		Too often, the Islamic architecture of Cairo which embodies an unbroken tradition from the early days of Islam, is viewed merely in slide form.
		The overview is accompanied by three sections of extensive historic and artistic detail, suitable for art history, related coursework, and academic research of individual mosques and buildings.
		A Trustee and Co-founder of the Islamic Texts Society, she directs Fons Vitae which publishes books and videos on the spirituality of the world's great Faiths.
	www.fonsvitae.com /archit.html (341 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Egypt \| Islamic Cairo rebirth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Ministry of Culture is pushing forward with its rehabilitation programme for Islamic Cairo with a view to developing the area into an open air museum.
		One of the important components of the city's architectural and social history is the eastern wall, built in the late 12th century by Salaheddin El-Ayyubi (Saladin), founder of the Ayyubid Empire.
		Abdallah El-Attar, head of the SCA's Islamic and Coptic monuments department, said the park would include restaurants, cultural centres and bookshops, while the projects department head, Mohamed Nader said encroachment in the area surrounding the wall would be curtailed and existing structures removed to facilitate future excavation and development.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/600/eg6.htm (515 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Heritage \| Dig Days : Hall of fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The exhibition was entitled, "Creswell's Cairo: Then and Now", and was opened by Al- Mufti: Ali Goma, a pleasant, modest man, and Sir Derek Plumbly, the recently appointed British ambassador in Cairo, whose Egyptian wife is Nadia Sahar.
		Schleifer was able, with the assistance of Noha Abou Khatwa, to introduce rare photographs taken by this unique Englishman who dedicated his life to the study of Islamic architecture in Cairo, as well as photographs taken today to allow the audience to compare the past with the present.
		In 1931 he was appointed professor of architecture and Islamic art at Fouad University (now Cairo University), where he established an institute connected with the faculty of arts to study Islamic monuments.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/700/he2.htm (737 words)

	page8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Cairo was founded in 6 A.D. and has been the center of Egypt ever since.
		There are three main parts of Cairo: Coptic Cairo, Pharoahnic Cairo, and Islamic Cairo.
		As well as all the monuments and museums in Cairo, there are many shopping centers and bazaars with excellent quality silver and gold, leather, woodwork, and embroidered dresses.
	www.marymount.k12.ny.us /marynet/studentwebwork98/egypt/text/page8.html (479 words)

	MIT OpenCourseWare \| Architecture \| 4.615 The Architecture of Cairo, Spring 2002 \| Calendar
		The gates of Cairo and the question of regional influences.
		The Roda Citadel and the urban development of Cairo in the Ayyubid period.
		Ottoman mosques in Cairo: wavering between the local and the official.
	ocw.mit.edu /OcwWeb/Architecture/4-615Spring2002/Calendar (1085 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It is a mix of Jewish, Coptic and Islamic beliefs and monuments.
		The area known as the Fustat is also within the boundaries of Old Cairo.
		It is suggested to divide a visit to the district between the northern and southern monuments.
	www.bsu.edu /world2000/research/wandmacher/egypt/cairo.htm (123 words)

	Egyptvoyager.com:Islamic Cairo History - Circassian Mamluk Dynasty
		Nearby are the ruinous Complex of Ashraf Barsbey (1432) and the stunning Mosque of Qaitbey (1474), which appears on the Egyptian £1 note and features a beautiful carved dome in a flower and star pattern.
		The structures of Ibn Barquq and Qaitbey are undoubtedly among the finest buildings Islamic Cairo has to offer, but the location may put off the less adventurous visitor.
		The City of the Dead has housed many of Cairo's poor since the medieval period and is to this day full of people living among the tombs.
	www.egyptvoyager.com /towns_cairo_history_islamic_mcircassian.htm (744 words)

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