- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
- Al-Juyushi Mosque, Cairo,
overlooking the city from the
Muqattam Hills...
- 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,...
-
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...
- 1856–1951), was a
pioneer Lebanese journalist and intellectual. He
cofounded Al
Muqattam, an Arabic, Cairo-based newspaper. Nimr was born in 1856 in Hasbaya, Ottoman...
- 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...
