Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
9/19/2023 11:31:59 PM
The Sariyat Al-Gabal Mosque in the Cairo Citadel reopened on Saturday after five years of restoration, reports Nevine El-Aref
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/18/2023 3:50:06 PM
Egypt called on Israeli authorities to immediately halt the stormings of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by Israeli extremists under police protection, according a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
9/17/2023 3:31:23 PM
Every year during the first week of January, Egypt observes the moulid, a Sufi celebration commemorating the death anniversary of Imam Al-Rifaai, at the mosque that bears his name, located in the Al-Khalifa district in the heart of Historic Cairo.
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Antiquities
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Islamic
9/16/2023 10:09:00 PM
The Suleiman Pasha Al-Khadim Mosque, known as the Sariyat Al-Gabal Mosque, was officially inaugurated today after the completion of an architectural restoration.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
9/4/2023 10:14:32 PM
In the heart of Historic Cairo, the mausoleum and mosque of Sayeda Zeinab (6-62 hijri), the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, centres the square and district that holds her name.
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Heritage
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Photo Heritage
8/20/2023 7:50:38 PM
The mosque and mausoleum of Sayeda Nafisa were finally opened to the public after being closed during the covid years for restoration, making quite a buzz in Egyptian society.
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World
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International
8/19/2023 11:55:15 AM
A Muslim cleric is among a dozen people being investigated for using mosque loudspeakers to order protests against alleged blasphemy by Christians which erupted into mob violence in Pakistan earlier this week, a senior police official said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/17/2023 4:27:00 PM
The timeless beauty of the Al-Aqmar Mosque is once again gracing Historic Cairo following its reopening after restoration this week.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/15/2023 9:34:58 PM
Restoration work is at full swing at the Sariyat Al-Gabal Mosque in the Cairo Citadel in preparation for its official reopening
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Antiquities
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Islamic
8/14/2023 12:03:34 PM
After almost three years of restoration, the Al-Aqmar Mosque on Al-Muizz Street in Historic Cairo, opened its doors to worshippers and visitors on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
8/13/2023 12:01:15 AM
The Shia Dawoodi Bohra community has a profound and enduring presence in predominantly Sunni Egypt, marked not only by its role in the restoration of historic mosques which house the remains of Ahl-Al-Bayt (descendants of the Prophet Muhammed) but also by a multifaceted cultural engagement.
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Egypt
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Society
8/8/2023 8:33:00 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Sultan Mufaddal Saifuddin, the leader of the Bohra community in India, inaugurated Al-Sayeda Nafisa Mosque on Tuesday after the completion of its renovation and restoration.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
8/8/2023 12:58:35 PM
An informed source confirmed that the Egyptian minister of endowments will reopen the newly restored Al-Sayeda Nafisa Mosque to the public on Thursday.
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World
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Region
7/30/2023 2:19:44 PM
Groups of extremist Israeli Jewish settlers heavily guarded by police broke into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning, the Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported.
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World
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Region
7/28/2023 6:49:54 PM
The United States has expressed its concerns over the far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s provocative visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday morning, the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, reported.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
7/28/2023 5:00:00 PM
The newly restored mosque and mausoleum of Al-Fadl Ibn Al-Abbassi has opened in Menoufiya
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/27/2023 5:59:28 PM
Egypt has condemned the most recent storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir accompanied by hundreds of extremists, decrying the prevention of Muslims from exercising their legitimate right to access the holy site and worship in it.
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World
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Region
7/27/2023 11:35:33 AM
Israeli military fire killed a 14-year-old Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said Thursday, as an extremist Israeli Cabinet minister broke into the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
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Egypt
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Society
7/20/2023 5:06:06 PM
The Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, praised in his sermon on Wednesday Egypt's newly adopted vision to build mosques, churches, and schools in every new residential community.
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World
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Region
7/19/2023 10:25:56 AM
For three centuries, the al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret fashioned from weathered bricks and its pinnacle inlaid with blue ceramic tiles, was a distinctive feature of the city of Basra in southern Iraq.
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