The Mosque of Amr Ibn al-As. Though rebuilt and renovated many times over the course of history, this is Egypt's first mosque, built in roughly 642 A.D. by Amr Ibn al-As, who conquered Egypt for Islam.
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- At midday Friday, as the call to prayer is sounded...
- The plaza in front of the mosque...
- More people milling about on the plaza in front of...
- The side of the mosque, with its wrought-iron gate...
- Women in black sit outside the mosque and listen t...
- Little friends I made outside the mosque :-)
- Women taking off their shoes and entering their sp...
- Women in black sit and listen outside the mosque.
- The view of the mosque from across the street.
- A flag atop St. George Church flaps in the breeze.
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