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- The Mokattam (Egyptian Arabic: المقطم  [elmoˈʔɑtˤ.tˤɑm], also spelled Muqattam), also known as the Mukattam Mountain or Hills, is the name of an Eastern...
- Al Muqattam (Arabic: المقطم) was a newspaper which was published in Cairo, Egypt, between 1888 and 1952. It was one of the leading papers until its closure...
- fortified enclosure begun by Salah al-Din in 1176 AD on an outcrop of the Muqattam Hills as part of a large defensive system to protect both Cairo to the...
- in the 14th century." The Citadel was built on a promontory beneath the Muqattam Hills, a setting that made it difficult to attack. The efficacy of the...
- monotheistic religions. If Ahmad ibn Tulun was interred on the slope of the Muqattam [near Cairo], Isa ibn Musa al-Nashari and Takin were laid to rest in Jerusalem...
- al-Muqattam was utterly condemnatory of **** policy was in regard to the racism and anti-semitism manifested by the new German regime. For al- Muqattam,...
- Al-Juyushi Mosque, Cairo, overlooking the city from the Muqattam Hills...
- began under Saladin's orders. According to al-Maqrizi, Saladin chose the Muqattam Hills to build the citadel because the air there was fresher than anywhere...
- the Mamluk sultans lived at the Cairo Citadel which was situated on the Muqattam Hills near Cairo. See also Shajar al-Durr and Aybak The victory of the...
- formation of Modern Standard Arabic. It was followed by Al-Ahram (1875) and al-Muqattam (1889). The Western–Arabic contacts and technological developments in especially...