Mosque of Ibn Tulun
The Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Ţūlūn (Arabic: مسجد أحمد بن طولون) is located in Cairo, Egypt.
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Ḩalwān is a city in Egypt.
Population: 230,000
Latitude: 29° 50' 29.18" N
Longitude: 31° 18' 3.02" E
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House of Representatives (Egypt)
The House of Representatives (Arabic: مجلس النواب, Maglis Al-Nowwab) is the unicameral parliament of Egypt.
Abdeen Palace
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Sekhemkhet
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Cairo International Stadium
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Zamalek
Zamalek (Egyptian Arabic: الزمالك pronounced [ez.zæˈmæːlek]) is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River. The island is connected with the river banks through three bridges each on th…
Islamic Cairo
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Al-Azhar Park
Al-Azhar Park is a public park located in Cairo, Egypt.
Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan
The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is a massive Mamluk era mosque and madrassa located near the Citadel in Cairo. Its construction began 757 AH/1356 CE with work ending three years later "without even a single day of idleness". At the time of cons…
Pyramid of Djedefre
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Coptic Cairo
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Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
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Babylon Fortress
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Al-Hussein Mosque
The Al-Hussein Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الإمام الحسين; Egyptian Arabic: جامع سيدنا الحسين; alternative transliterations: Husayn, Hussain, Husayn, Hussayn; also prefixed by the honorific title Sayyidna) is a mosque built in 1154 and located in Cairo, Eg…
Cairo Opera House
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Manshiyat Naser
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Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
The Supreme Constitutional Court (Arabic: المحكمة الدستورية العليا, Al-Mahkamah al-Dustūrīyah al-‘Ulyā) (or SCC) is an independent judiciary body in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with its new seat in the Cairo suburb of Maadi.