Tag: commemoration

Funerals of Cairo – جنائز القاهرة

Published September 28, 2021

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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The “Kasr-El-Nil” Barracks – ثكنات قصر النيل

Published May 30, 2019

This picture is an aerial photograph, perhaps the first one, of Cairo. It was taken by the famous Swiss balloon-pilot, Edouard Spelterini (d. 1932), allegedly…

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سبيل أُمّ محمد علي الصغير – The Sabil of the Valide (Umm Muhammad ‘Ali junior)

Published April 30, 2019

سبيل وكتاب أم محمد علي الصغير يُصنف من مُنشآت الرعاية الاجتماعية. يمثل هذا السبيل العلاقة بين الفن المعماري والزخارف الكتابية الإسلامية (الشعر). هذه العلاقة المذكورة…

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