Entering Sultan Hassan

The entrance really feels like a fortress, with angled corridors and doors to deter. And I love the lamps!

Sultan Hassan!

Magnificent, almost fortress-like - flanked by the more modern Rifaiyye.

Sultan Hassan - the other side

The park on the backside, towards the residential district of old Cairo surrounding it, is closed off from the street nowadays...

Outside Sultan Hassan

Back below the Citadel, outside Sultan Hassan's madrasa.

Travel favourites

I believe IB Tauris are republishing Freya Stark's travel books of the Middle East - am currently reading Baghdad Skecthes for the first time, after having refound her Yemen books last year (for which I am very happy). Truly recommended!

Amr ibn al-'Aas

Amr ibn al-'Aas is the site of the oldest mosque in Egypt, just north of the Coptic Cairo. Few traces of the original structure remain though.

More xmas

Also the other churches we visited were geared up for Christmas.

Street signs

Walking through Coptic Cairo

A distinct district, with churches and vaults and caves.

Lamps and details

Also inside the Mu'allaqa.

The Hanging Church

Inside the Mu'allaqa, in so-called Coptic Cairo. It is quite dark, though.

Xmas bling

All from a visit to the Hanging Church, Al-Mu'allaqa, next to Mar Girgis metro station in southern Cairo, just preceding the Coptic Christmas.

More Mu'izz

A last look at Al-Mu'izz.

Amazing

So much to see along the street, in the amazing light.