Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm (Fatma Keshk)
- Catastrophe In Cairo's Historic Al-muizz Street Contained
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With two photographs. Following six hours of being submerged in drainage water, Al-Muizz Street is back to normal and the distinguished Islamic monuments that line its edges are safe. Yesterday, after the noon prayer, drainage...
- Sca Head Tours Historic Cairo, Demands Clean-up
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities czar visits Old Cairo's recently-restored Al-Muizz Street only to find that chaos still reigns Moustafa Amine, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, took an unscheduled tour of Old...
- 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...
- 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...
- Al-muizz Street To Be Pedestrian Zone
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/843/he1.htm"Through the different ages, Al-Muizz Street maintained its glorious position and encouraged Mamelukes, Circassians, Ayyubids and Ottomans to enhance its character by building splendid mosques, sabils (water...
Egypt
Restored Moez Street needs rescuing again
Al Masry Al Youm (Fatma Keshk)
Bearing the name of the first Fatimid Caliph ruling Egypt, Al-Moez Leddine Allah al-Fatimy, and founded in 969 AD, Moez Street is the oldest main street of the Fatimid capital Cairo. Three years ago a massive restoration project of the street was completed, but it has recently begun to fall into disrepair.
The Hakim mosque, the complex of Al-Nasser Mohamed Ibn Qalawon, the Barqouq complex and Wekalet Al-Rab'a are some of the most famous monuments on Moez Street, from the Fatimid period (969-1171 AD) all the way through the Ottoman period (1517-1805 AD). These monuments also present the diverse Cairene architectural styles at the time, from mosques, houses, and schools to sabils (public water fountains for drinking, installed as memorials for people).
Aside from its archaeological and historical uniqueness, Moez offers a lively narrative of the social history of the inhabitants of Hussein, one of the most densely populated districts of Cairo.
- Catastrophe In Cairo's Historic Al-muizz Street Contained
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) With two photographs. Following six hours of being submerged in drainage water, Al-Muizz Street is back to normal and the distinguished Islamic monuments that line its edges are safe. Yesterday, after the noon prayer, drainage...
- Sca Head Tours Historic Cairo, Demands Clean-up
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Antiquities czar visits Old Cairo's recently-restored Al-Muizz Street only to find that chaos still reigns Moustafa Amine, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, took an unscheduled tour of Old...
- 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...
- 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...
- Al-muizz Street To Be Pedestrian Zone
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/843/he1.htm"Through the different ages, Al-Muizz Street maintained its glorious position and encouraged Mamelukes, Circassians, Ayyubids and Ottomans to enhance its character by building splendid mosques, sabils (water...