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Islamic Cairo is a very old area, surrounded by walls dating from the middle-ages, and was once the cultural, religious and intellectual center of the entire Arab world. Monumental buildings, palaces, many famous mosques and madrasas (religious schools), numerous markets and the oldest university in the world (al-Azhar) still stand witness to a glorious past. But, in the twentieth century Egypt has become a poor third world country and at present Islamic Cairo has fallen into decline, it is full of ruins and has degraded into a living and working neighborhood for the very poorest. The entire neighborhood has become a big bazaar, a labyrinth of dirty, stinking and dusty streets, with thousands of old-fashioned workshops where many crafts are still practiced at a very high level. Two million people live close by in what used to be the burial ground for the very rich: the City of the Dead. Entire families have taken possession of old sepulchers. Surrounding it are schools and stores, the center of an extremely lively social life.

The lot of the inhabitants is not just poverty; religion is also very important to them, namely the Sunni Islam. Daily life is interrupted five times a day by the call from the mosques that is heard everywhere and the people go to pray to Allah. The visitor can experience: the ramadan (a period of fasting), the hadj (a pilgrimage to Mecca), and exuberant weddings and funerals one after the other. Islamic Cairo is grandeur and decline, work and poverty, religion and tradition in confrontation with the modern world, as a great stage where everything takes place in an eternal scenario.

The series of black and white panoramic photographs - made in the period 1986-2001 - has been made with support of the Foundation Found for Visual Art, Design and Architecture (Amsterdam) and Agfa Gevaert (Leverkussen). Some of the work has been on show before at the Amsterdam Center of Photography (1996), Berlage Institute (1998), SBK Gallery Amsterdam (1998) The International Institute of Social History Amsterdam (2000), the Noorderlicht NAZAR exhibitions in Leeuwarden, Prague, Stuttgart and Berlin (2004-6) and EWerk Freiburg (2006)

DSC00706 by Ngasrul S.Pi

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Islamic Cairo-Khan El-Khalili Workshop by yayad

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Islamic Fashion Festival in Kuala Lumpur

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Islamic Icon by davis Hartley

Islamic writings by Thomas Quine

Copenhagen Davids Collection, 2017

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE by PINOY PHOTOGRAPHER

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Pointers is often used in Islamic inspired buildings.

Badar by Ayaan Sheikh

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Islamic Cairo- 039 by Glenn and Daphne

Islamic Center Minaret by Mr.TinMD

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Minaret of the Islamic Center of Washington (Mario Rossi, 1957) at 2551 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, which serves as both a mosque, and a cultural center. The minaret is 160 feet tall.

Islamic Cairo by Zbigniew Kosc

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Islamic Cairo

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Islamic Cairo is a very old area, surrounded by walls dating from the middle-ages, and was once the cultural, religious and intellectual center of the entire Arab world. Monumental buildings, palaces, many famous mosques and madrasas (religious schools), numerous markets and the oldest university in the world (al-Azhar) still stand witness to a glorious past. But, in the twentieth century Egypt has become a poor third world country and at present Islamic Cairo has fallen into decline, it is full of ruins and has degraded into a living and working neighborhood for the very poorest. The entire neighborhood has become a big bazaar, a labyrinth of dirty, stinking and dusty streets, with thousands of old-fashioned workshops where many crafts are still practiced at a very high level. Two million people live close by in what used to be the burial ground for the very rich: the City of the Dead. Entire families have taken possession of old sepulchers. Surrounding it are schools and stores, the center of an extremely lively social life.

The lot of the inhabitants is not just poverty; religion is also very important to them, namely the Sunni Islam. Daily life is interrupted five times a day by the call from the mosques that is heard everywhere and the people go to pray to Allah. The visitor can experience: the ramadan (a period of fasting), the hadj (a pilgrimage to Mecca), and exuberant weddings and funerals one after the other. Islamic Cairo is grandeur and decline, work and poverty, religion and tradition in confrontation with the modern world, as a great stage where everything takes place in an eternal scenario.

The series of black and white panoramic photographs - made in the period 1986-2001 - has been made with support of the Foundation Found for Visual Art, Design and Architecture (Amsterdam) and Agfa Gevaert (Leverkussen). Some of the work has been on show before at the Amsterdam Center of Photography (1996), Berlage Institute (1998), SBK Gallery Amsterdam (1998) The International Institute of Social History Amsterdam (2000), the Noorderlicht NAZAR exhibitions in Leeuwarden, Prague, Stuttgart and Berlin (2004-6) and EWerk Freiburg (2006)

Islamic Wallpaper by Hamad Bn Hassan

Islamic glass weights by imknowmadic2

aminul islam by bm.aminul islam amin

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DSC_9528-01 by Almixnuts

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M-IFW Islamic Fashion Show featuring Show B – Crafted Collections Showcase featuring “External Manifestation Of Inner Beauty” by ROXANA MARIAM. Culturally influenced by both East and West, Roxana Mariam has created an easy wear, fashionable, elegant and dignified collections that transcends cultural differences. Her muses are her customers. There is nothing like seeing an inspiration manifested by the beautiful muslimah that wears it, representing an idea beauty that begins on the inside and manifests itself on the outside. Inspired by Allah’s multicultural descendants of HAWA, this collections is beautifully made and fuses eastern and western concepts – wearable, affordable creating a necessary modest option for the international woman who appreciates quality and beauty with dignity.

Museum of Islamic Art - Qatar by Mohamad Takriti

Museum of Islamic Art - Qatar

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