In this image, we can see the 1931 funeral of Wissa Wassef (Wiṣā Wāṣif), an important Coptic landowner and politician, and father of Ramses Wissa…
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This image shows the construction site of Nadi al-Musiqa al-Sharqi (The Oriental Music Club) in 1921, which soon became al-Ma’had al-Malaki li-l-Musiqa al-‘Arabi (The…
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Manyal al-Rawda – منيل الروضة
Manyal al-Rawda, un conservatoire de l’histoire du Caire khédivial Fig. 1, ‘Vue du petit bras du Nil vers 1900’, source: Bibliothèque nationale de France,…
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Catholic Cairo – القاهرة الكاتوليكية
We can see in this picture the St Joseph chapel around 1895 in Cairo. Despite the excellent scholarship on Coptic and Evangelist missionary history in…
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The Day of the Nile Inundation – وفاء النيل
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, 8-VZ-1532 (3): المصدر هذه الصورة نشرت فى مجلة المصور بتاريخ 24 أغسطس 1928 احتفالاً بمهرجان وفاء…
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The Water Company of Cairo – شركة المياه في القاهرة
This image shows the pools of the Water Company of Cairo (Société anonyme des eaux du Caire) around 1873, possibly in its first location…
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Bazar Murur – بازار مرور
Ayant longtemps marqué l’entrée du Muski (voir ce billet), le « Bazar Mourour » [fig.1] ne doit pas son nom à l’idée de « passage…
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