Cairo elder |
The Muski quarter |
Lanes around Al Azhar |
Shopping in Sharia Muski, a busy street leading into Islamic Cairo |
Shopping in Sharia Muski |
Sharia Muski |
Sharia Muski |
Ladies' apparel displayed for sale in the Muski |
The Al Azhar Mosque, Cairo |
Mihrab or prayer niche inside the Al Azhar Mosque |
Al Azhar Mosque |
Fruitmonger in the laneways behind Al Azhar |
Fruitmonger in the laneways behind Al Azhar |
Khan El Khalili bazaar |
Sikket El Badestan gate |
Coffee shop patronised by the great novelist Naguib Mahfouz in Zuqaq Al Midaq |
Madrassa Al Ashraf Barsbey |
Madrassa Al Ashraf Barsbey |
Madrassa Al Ashraf Barsbey - detail of a carved and inlaid door. |
Madrassa Al Ashraf Barsbey |
Madrassa Sultan Qalaoun on Bayn al-Qasrayn, north of Midan el-Hussein |
Inside the Madrassa Sultan Qalaoun |
Saiyidna Hussein Mosque, across Midan El Hussein from Al Azhar |
Minaret of the Saiyidna Hussein Mosque |
Madrassa and Khanqah of Sultan Barquq |
Al Aqmar Mosque |
Al Hakim Mosque just inside the city wall |
Al Hakim Mosque |
Twin mosques of Sultan Hassan and Ar Rifai, seen from the Citadel |
Twin mosques of Sultan Hassan and Ar Rifai |
Sultan Hassan Mosque |
Sultan Hassan Mosque |
Sultan Hassan Mosque |
Sultan Hassan Mosque |
Sultan Hassan Mosque |
Ar Rifai Mosque |
A royal tomb inside Ar Rifai Mosque |
Tomb of the Shah of Iran inside Ar Rifai Mosque |
Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo |
Mosque of Ibn Tulun |
Courtyard of the Ibn Tulun Mosque |
Cloisters of Ibn Tulun Mosque |
Cat asleep in a shoe rack at the Ibn Tulun Mosque |
View from the minaret of the Ibn Tulun Mosque |
The Sabil Kutub of Qaitbey, a combined library and water tank |
Sabil Kutub of Qaitbey |
Looking up Sharia Saliba, in the Saiyida Zeinab quarter |
The Citadel |
Mohammed Ali Mosque, crowning the Citadel |
The Citadel, with the Mohammed Ali Mosque |
Mohammed Ali Mosque |
Mohammed Ali Mosque on the Citadel |
Mosques of Mohammed Ali and Sultan al Nasir, Citadel |
School party visits the Citadel |
Young woman taking a break in Bayn al-Qasrayn, 'Palace Walk' |