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	CAIRO - LoveToKnow Article on CAIRO
		Old Cairo: the Fortress of Babylon and the Nilosneter.About a mile south of the city is Masr-el-Atika, called by Europeans Old Cairo.
		Cairo itself is the fourth Moslem capital of Egypt; the site of one of those that had preceded it is, for the most part, included within its walls, while the other two were a little to the sopth.
		Cairo is served by the Illinois Central, the Mobile and Ohio, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis, the St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, and the St Louis South-Western railways, and by river steamboat lines.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CAIRO.htm (5116 words)

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		In the early years of Christianity, it was customary to bury the bodies of saints or martyrs beneath the altar, either in a vault or in a crypt beneath the floor of the sanctuary.
		Most of the old Coptic churches (in particular the desert churches of the monasteries) still possess relics, which are enclosed in a casket beneath a silk brocade or kept beneath glass beside a picture of the patron saint.
		Among the important churches in Old Cairo, we cite: The Hanging Church "Al Moallaka", the Church of Saint Sergius "Abu Serga", the Church of Saint Barbara (originally the Church of Saint Cyrus "Abu Kir" and Saint John "Yuhanna"), the Convent of Saint George, and the Convent of Saint Mercurius "Abu Seifein".
	www.coptic.net /articles/OldCairoCopticChurches.txt (1633 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة; romanized: al-Qāhirah) is the capital city of Egypt and has a metropolitan area population of approximately 15.2 million people.
		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 three branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region.
		Cairo's population exploded, increasing from 374,000 in 1882 to 1,312,000 by 1937.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Cairo.htm (1742 words)

	Old Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cairo is bounded in the west by Jebel Moqattam and in the east by the river Nile.There are three major periods in its' development.
		The Heliopolis (3100 B.C.), the Memphis (capitol of the Old Kingdom), and the Fort Of Babylon Period.
		With the Ottoman Conquest in the 16th century, Cairo became one of the providences whose capital was Istanbul and the coffee and spice trade insured Cairo's prosperity.
	www.delange.org /Old_Cairo/EP36.htm (144 words)

	Cairo - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cairo (Arabic: القاهرة,al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East (which regions it conveniently straddles) - it is also the 13th largest city in the world.
		Situated on the River Nile, Cairo is famous for its own history - preserved in the fabulous medieval Islamic city and in Old Cairo - and for the ancient, Pharaonic history of the country it represents.
		Cairo is served by Cairo International Airport [CAI] [1] (http://www.cairo-airport.com/), which is the hub of the Egyptian national airline, Egyptair.
	wikitravel.org /en/Cairo (1598 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cairo is located in the county of Egypt.
		Cairo is the largest city in the Middle East and is over 1,000 years old.
		Cairo is one of the most densely populated cities.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /curriculum/socialstd/geoguide/cairo/ac.html (304 words)

	Cairo
		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.
		Old Cairo is the home of Cairo's Coptic Christian community, and the site of the Coptic Museum and a number of Coptic churches.
		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.
	www.ask-aladdin.com /cairo1.htm (2017 words)

	City Profiles: Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Middle East.
		This, along with the British occupation of Cairo in 1891, led to the development of new suburbs for the affluent Egyptians and foreigners.
		Cairo is one of the world's most densely populated cities, with one of the lowest provisions of road space per capita and dramatic growth in the number of private vehicles.
	www0.un.org /cyberschoolbus/habitat/profiles/cairo.asp (449 words)

	Travel Channel :: Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		But what makes Cairo unique is that each new ruler, rather than destroying what he had conquered, chose to build a new city upwind from the old one.
		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.
	travel.discovery.com /destinations/fodors/cairo/overview.html (576 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Heritage \| Reconstructing the past
		On a characteristically heated Cairo morning, the grounds of the fortress are serene -- disturbed only by occasional Spanish chatter, and the slightly louder echo of locals welcoming their guests to Cairo.
		The adjacent old wing of the Coptic Museum and the library were likewise affected; and the Church of Saint Sergus, restored in the mid- 1970s, was flooded.
		The following year the soil around Old Cairo and Al-Fustat was analysed, and experts confirmed what was long known -- that the problem stemmed from two sources: subterranean water seepage from the higher water table following the construction of the Aswan High Dam, and sewage from population density.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/651/he1.htm (2212 words)

	Ancient cities - Old Cairo
		Today it is the largest city in Africa, and is known as "the mother of the world", a vibrant, enigmatic and chaotic metropolis.
		Cairo's most famous church, may have been originally built in the 7th century on the site of an older 4th century church.
		Although Old Cairo contains a concentration of Christian churches and monuments, most of the really ancient Christian churches of Egypt are to be found in the isolated monasteries of the Eastern Desert.
	www.internationalegyptology.com /General%20Web/Old_Cairo.htm (636 words)

	From Cairo, with love.: I love Cairo
		Cairo is part of me, and I am shaped by her, the good and the bad in me. I get annoyed for being searched by security in a public place two days after a bomb exploded in the heart of Cairo, "how can you search me in my home?"!
		Cairo is not the city of the conquerer, nor a victorious city.
		Cairo is not an old city, she's just had too many experiences, with mean men.
	fromcairo.blogspot.com /2005/04/i-love-cairo.html (1565 words)

	Cairo, the City of, in Egypt
		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.
		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.
		Islamic Cairo is not the oldest section of Cairo, as that distinction belongs to Old Cairo.
	www.cairotourist.com /cairotown.htm (788 words)

	Greater Cairo maps, four section of the city and one full map - MyWay Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cairo International Airport is located in the Northeast section as the business and conference area of Heliopolis.
		Below is Old Cairo with remains of important Christian, Jewish and Islamic culture and monuments.
		This is a map of Greater Cairo with all main districts from the pyramids in west to Cairo International Airport in east.
	www.egyptmyway.com /maps/cairo.html (677 words)

	A tour of Old or Coptic Cairo, Egypt
		Old Cairo is so named because it is the oldest part of Cairo, and in fact, predates what is now Cairo.
		This main entrance is through perhaps one of the two oldest structures in Cairo, the rounded towers of the western gate of the Roman fortress of Babylon built in 98 AD by Emperor Trajan.
		The area was razed to the ground when the Fatimids took Cairo, and the Mamluks made it a dump ground, yet it is one of the most important Islamic archaeological sites in the world.
	www.cairotourist.com /cairoold.htm (813 words)

	Old Cairo transformed by park project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Cairo this was the case of the land adjoining the Darb al-Ahmar district.
		Even though it lies close to the popular sites of medieval Cairo, the area was off the tourist track, blighted by prowling drug dealers and stranded between the Salah Salim highway and the City of the Dead.
		"For Cairo to have this large patch of green is really marvellous," said one of the local residents.
	homepage.mac.com /glgreen/iblog/B545338809/C1853041688/E559867980 (837 words)

	Egypt: The Church of Saint Menas in Old Cairo and the Annexed Churches of Saint Bahnam and Saint George
		Egypt: The Church of Saint Menas in Old Cairo and the Annexed Churches of Saint Bahnam and Saint George
		This church is north of Old Cairo, situated in an area known as Fum al-Khalig, north of the Roman aqueduct, at the northernmost corner of the Christian cemetery off Shari' al-Sadd al-Barrani.
		The church evidences the growth of the Christian community north of the Old Babylon Fortress and Fustat, years before the two new Islamic Capitals of Al-Askar and Al-Qatai were established.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/churchmenas.htm (1288 words)

	Old Cairo, Egypt - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		The Church of Abu Serga is another 4th Century church, dedicated to two early martyrs and supposedly built on the spot where the Holy Family, Joseph, Mary and the infant Christ, rested at the end of their journey into Egypt.
		It is considered as the oldest of Cairo’s Christian churches.
		The said documents contained a number of rare manuscripts of interpretations of the Old Testament, excerpts of linguistic research on Hebrew as well as documents explaining how Jews dealt with the Arab Muslim authorities.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /cairo_old_cairo.htm (407 words)

	cairo
		We went with her to Old Cairo to see the Hanging Church, the Coptic Museum, and other Coptic churches tucked aroud a maze of streets there.
		The Old City of Bawiti is made of mud bricks complete a tomb of a 17th Century Pasha.
		Al-Azhar is one of Cairo's oldest mosques, founded in 970, and the oldest university in the world.
	montgomery.cas.muohio.edu /nimissa/cairo.html (7029 words)

	Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Special \| Palaces of change
		A year ago, the former palace of Prince Kamaleddin Hussein, which housed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for over half a century, was slated for restoration.
		Opposite the old palace of Qasr Al-Nil (today the Arab League), a palace built by Antoine Lasciac for Prince Kamaleddin Hussein became the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the mid 1930s.
		The palace was not one of the happier royal residences; in fact, it could be regarded as Cairo's answer to Alexandria's Saray Al-Hazina (Palace of Sorrows).
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1999/436/special.htm (2141 words)

	CWS Project Description - Addressing Child Labor in Old Cairo — CEOSS - Egypt
		CEOSS began as a publishing and literacy project in 1950, and it later added programs that dealt with such issues as economic development, micro- and small-business enterprises, agricultural and environmental development, preventative and remedial health care, rehabilitation of the disabled, housing, appropriate technologies, and education.
		Given the Egyptian government’s increasing emphasis on participation of CBOs in poverty alleviation, CEOSS believes it is essential that it continue to expand its role as an intermediary organization to invest its accumulated experience and wide relationships throughout Egyptian society.
		In addition, over 7,200 individuals who are residents of the three neighborhoods of Old Cairo will be indirect program participants, as they are targeted for awareness raising, so they understand why child labor is harmful.
	www.churchworldservice.org /Development/project_description/descriptions/53.html (1015 words)

	Cairo Hotels: Grand Hyatt Cairo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Redefining the experience of magnificence in Cairo, Grand Hyatt Cairo is a luxurious landmark situated on Roda Island, a peaceful haven directly poised on the River Nile.
		The 41-storey hotel is designed with sculptured, curving sides angled to the shoreline, to complement the existing hotel and maximise the river scenery, providing a spectacular view of the Nile from all the hotel's guest rooms and balconies as well as the hotel's restaurants, lounges and banquet facilities.
		The hotel is just 20 kilometres from Cairo Airport and is within easy access of all Cairo's major attractions including old Cairo, the Giza Pyramids and Cairo National Museum.
	cairo.grand.hyatt.com (417 words)

	Old Cairo: Fustat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One should have expected more from the first city of future Cairo, built here from 640.
		But it had a short life, ending its importance with the construction of Cairo from 969.
		In 1175 it was razed to the ground by the order of vizier Shawar, preventing it from falling into the hans of advancing Christian Crusaders.
	i-cias.com /egypt/cairo09.htm (231 words)

	Old Cairo, Islam, and Modern Egypt
		Old Cairo was built by the Romans as a fortress town.
		Islamic Cairo presents a forest of minarets and mosques dating back to the 7th century.
		Overlooking Cairo, the Citadel was home to Egypt's rulers and a showplace for one new mosque.
	www.geocities.com /intrepidberkeleyexplorer/Page9F.html (203 words)

	Egypt Travel Package, Cairo and Alexandria Synagogues \| Egyptian Tours
		The synagogue, completed in 1903-5 stood at the epicenter of the new European district of Ismailia named in honor of Khedive Ismail Pasha who founded the district.In the late 1940s Temple Ismailieh was gradually referred to as the "Adly Synagogue." after the street where it is located.
		The oldest existing synagogue in Cairo, Ben Ezra Synagogue was originally a church, built in the sixth century near the Roman Fortress of Babylon in Old Cairo.
		This famous synagogue in Fostat (Old Cairo) was called originally the synagogue of 'the men of Israel', built in the year 882 on the remains of the basilica of a Coptic church that had been sold to Jews.
	www.travelinstyle.com /egypt/BeniEzra/synagoguelist.htm (552 words)

	Multimedia: Saving Old Cairo
		Medieval city walls on the boundary of Cairo's historic district are being restored.
		Half a million people live in Cairo's historic district, with its nineteenth-century houses and medieval mosques and city walls.
		Ongoing restoration efforts in one of its neighborhoods, Darb al-Ahmar (the name means Red Road), are documented in Living with the Past, an hour-long film directed by Maysoon Pachachi and distributed by First Run/Icarus Films (www.frif.com).
	www.archaeology.org /0201/reviews/cairo.html (395 words)

	Urban: The Urban Age Magazine: Fall 1999 Issue
		It would be easy to mistake Al-Fawakhir, a small part of old Cairo, as just one more of the city’s many shanty areas.
		The Cairo municipal government has announced that the potters of Old Cairo, along with the lime workshops in the same area, are to be relocated to the industrial zone of Shiqq Al-Ti’ban.
		Recently the Governor of Cairo, Abdel Rehim Shehata reiterated plans to remove the kilns, a decision described by the General Organization of Cultural Palaces (GOCP), Ministry of Culture, as “very sad.” The demolition will include three studios owned by graduates of the Fine Arts School.
	www.worldbank.org /html/fpd/urban/urb_age/fall99/potters.htm (1581 words)

	The article "Beyond Life and Shortcuts" - a story beyond death... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There was no Cairo as we know it, the ancient capital Memphis was located among pyramids on the west bank of the Nile and on the east bank was legendary On (Heliopolis).
		Between Memphis and On, directly on the east side of the Nilebank at a strategic junction between the Nile Valley and the Delta the Roman fortress Babylon was located.
		Monuments in the City of the Dead Cairo is not accessible for tourist busses, and it's not advisable to go her without someone who know the City of the Dead well.
	www.egyptmyway.com /articles/cityofdead.html (1168 words)

	COPTIC CAIRO
		SITT BARBARA: The church of Saint Barbara, Cairo.
		MAR MINA: The church of Saint Menas, Cairo (with the annexed churches of Saints Benham and George).
		Decorative wall outside the cemetery in Old Cairo.
	www.egyptologyonline.com /coptic_cairo.htm (581 words)

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