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American Studies Institute Ain Sukhna, Egypt January 2005 Slideshow Ten: Bab Zuweila & The Al Azhar Mosque and Madrasa. A Joint Project of Binational Fulbright Commission-Egypt and James Madison University Office of International Programs Lee Sternberger, Principal Investigator.
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American Studies InstituteAin Sukhna, Egypt January 2005Slideshow Ten:Bab Zuweila &The Al Azhar Mosque and Madrasa A Joint Project of Binational Fulbright Commission-Egypt and James Madison University Office of International Programs Lee Sternberger, Principal Investigator JMU Faculty Philip Bigler, Steve Reich Elizabeth Chew (Monticello) Mark Facknitz, Howard Lubert Project Directors Noha El Gindi (Fulbright) Lorie Merrow (JMU) Fulbright Assistants Mariam Laila Hussein JMU Student Assistant Bareza Rasoul
A walk through Islamic Cairo Fourth Stop Bab Zuweila Ancient city gate
View of Al Ghouri from Bab Zuweila roof
Tried to climb these stairs (looking up from below) but couldn’t make it all the way up…
Fifth & Last Stop Al Azhar Mosque and Madrasa (972 CE) the oldest university in the world