 | | 2020-02-26 23:46
From blog Sparkles and Shoes
The Muhammad Ali Mosque in Cairo
When I told people I was visiting Egypt they assumed my trip would be filled with pyramids, tombs, and lots of desert and while that was true (you can see the posts from my trip here ) there were also many other things we did in Egypt. On one of our first mornings in Cairo we visited the Muhammad Ali Mosque. Now when I told people the name of this holy space quite a few people, especially American’s, thought it was named after the boxer but seeing as it was built between 1830 and 1848 you can imagine the timing does not quite line up.
The mosque was commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha, the governor of Egypt (though at the time it was much bigger than the...
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