Muslims will soon welcome a new lunar year in what's known as the Hijri calendar. The Hijri New Year, beginning on the first ...

Islamic Cairo is free to visit, although you'll pay extra to wander sites like the Salah El-Din Citadel and the Abdeen Palace Museum. Most of the area's attractions are open every day, ...

Located in the southern sliver of Islamic Cairo, the Museum of Islamic Art boasts a stunning collection of art from every era of Islamic history in Egypt. Here, you'll find examples of everything from ...

Pope Francis’s tomb seen for first time in images released by Vatican ...

Dina Ezzat, Tuesday 28 Jun 2022. The naming of Cairo as this year’s ICESCO Capital of Culture of the Islamic World is an opportunity to look again at the city’s contributions to Islamic ...

Sufi Muslims perform Zikr, or remembrance of God, as they sing Islamic songs during a parade to commemorate the beginning of ...

In Cairo’s Islamic quarter, the once bustling hubbub of tourists and Cairenes enjoying the area's treasure trove of mosques, mausoleums and madrasas has been replaced by the sound of progress.

CAIRO, June 19 (Reuters) - A project to expand roads and bridges to ease congestion in Cairo has put thousands of tombs in a vast and ancient Islamic cemetery under threat, causing outcry among ...