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By: Tahany Abdel Salam 03 Dec

Mosque of Ibn Tulun: Cairo’s Oldest and Largest Mosque

Ibn Tulun Mosque is a rare example, where Europeans openly admitted its influence on the development of many features of their architecture, Elements such as the pointed arch, the pier, and wall battlements formed the essential ingredients of the birth of Gothic architecture, which led Europe to

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Written by: Mustafa Fathi- Photos by: Mohammed Omar- Translated by: Amira Abd El Basset 27 May

Taraweeh prayer in Amr Ibn Al-Aas .. Spirituals befitting Africa's oldest mosque

Once you hear the call to Maghrib prayer in Amr Ibn Al-Aas mosque , which is the oldest mosque built in Egypt and even the African continent, you find thousands of prayers ,who came from every direction, to queue behind the imam whose voice is beautiful ,holds a chaplet , behind him rows of human

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