وصف الكتاب | In this lavishly illustrated celebration of a very special place, renowned photographer Sherif Sonbol’s remarkable images of the fortress, churches, synagogue, and mosque illuminate the living fabric of the ancient and medieval stones, while the text describes the history of Old Cairo from the time of the ancient Egyptians and the Romans to the founding of the first Muslim city of al-Fustat, focusing on the Jewish history of the area, the early Coptic Christian churches, and the arrival of the Muslims in the seventh century, their establishment of al-Fustat, and the building of the oldest mosque in Africa. |