Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
With three photos.
- Islamic Monuments In Egypt's Muizz Street Are Threatened
Youm7 (Dina Abdel Alem Mohammad Awad) After being the biggest open-air museum in the world since it was restored three years ago, Muizz Street in old Cairo turned into public car park due to the absence of security. Thus the Islamic monuments are...
- Al-muizz Street Re-opens
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) From the 10th to the 18th centuries Al-Muizz Street, which runs through the heart of Fatimid Cairo, gloried in its splendid Islamic architecture. In the years following it became badly run down. It has taken almost 20...
- Travel: Medieavel Cairo
Egypt Today (Ethar El-Katatney) Imams, rabbis and priests all frequently crossed paths in Old Cairo back in the day when mosques and churches and synagogues all inhabited the same districts. In a city that has been home to a number of religions and cultures...
- Travel: Labyrinthine Magic
Al Ahram Weekly (Taher el-Barbary) I've bookmarked this page so that I can print it off and take it with me next time I visit Cairo. Cairo visitors, either natives or foreigners, may have the same feelings of bewilderment every time they try to go...
- Walking Old Cairo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Visitors to Al-Muizz Street in Fatimid Cairo will encounter an unfamiliar scene in the next few days. They will be able to stroll along the street without having to worry about traffic. Nor will they have to negotiate...
Egypt
Chaos in the Caliph's Quarters
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref)
With three photos.
Al-Muiz Street in Islamic Cairo is now totally transformed. When it was first closed off into a pedestrian-only open-air museum, the architecture imposed a serenity and power. Unfortunately, this is no longer in evidence. Chaos reigns, instead.
The lack of security following Egypt's January 25 Revolution provided peddlers, vendors and grocers opened the path (literally) for them to sell their wares all over the street, often even on the monuments. They use vehicles as a short cut, transforming the open courtyards of the Fatimid and Ottoman mosques into parking lots.
“The atmosphere of the street has changed totally – for the worse,” Ahmed Mahmoud, a bazaar owner at Al-Muiz Street told Ahram Online. He added that vehicles pose huge threats to the monuments lining the streets the run along. Three days ago, a stone block from the Sultan Brqouq mosque fell off while a huge truck passed.
- Islamic Monuments In Egypt's Muizz Street Are Threatened
Youm7 (Dina Abdel Alem Mohammad Awad) After being the biggest open-air museum in the world since it was restored three years ago, Muizz Street in old Cairo turned into public car park due to the absence of security. Thus the Islamic monuments are...
- Al-muizz Street Re-opens
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El Aref) From the 10th to the 18th centuries Al-Muizz Street, which runs through the heart of Fatimid Cairo, gloried in its splendid Islamic architecture. In the years following it became badly run down. It has taken almost 20...
- Travel: Medieavel Cairo
Egypt Today (Ethar El-Katatney) Imams, rabbis and priests all frequently crossed paths in Old Cairo back in the day when mosques and churches and synagogues all inhabited the same districts. In a city that has been home to a number of religions and cultures...
- Travel: Labyrinthine Magic
Al Ahram Weekly (Taher el-Barbary) I've bookmarked this page so that I can print it off and take it with me next time I visit Cairo. Cairo visitors, either natives or foreigners, may have the same feelings of bewilderment every time they try to go...
- Walking Old Cairo
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Visitors to Al-Muizz Street in Fatimid Cairo will encounter an unfamiliar scene in the next few days. They will be able to stroll along the street without having to worry about traffic. Nor will they have to negotiate...