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2 days ago · The Fustat Hills Park project, launched in 2019, seeks to revive Egypt’s rich heritage, preserve the area’s Islamic architecture, and transform the historic city into a tourist attraction. Cairo governorate handed over the Park to the Urban Development Authority in 2021 to begin implementing the comprehensive development plan for the park ...
Jul 7, 2024 · Located in the heart of historical Cairo, Fustat Hills Park is one of the largest parks in the Middle East, covering about 500 feddans. Formerly a waste landfill, the park is being transformed into a central recreational hub.
Jul 9, 2024 · The landscape of the Fustat district of Historic Cairo is being rapidly transformed, driven by ongoing development efforts and as part of government plans to revitalise the area and align it with broader development projects across the country.
20 hours ago · Al-Maqrizi notes the use of Nile silt, while Abu Salih records the use of yellow clay from an east-bank village called al-‘Adawiyya ca. 18 miles south of Old Cairo and, less certainly, from Habash (Birkat al-Habash, near Fustat) for glazed wares (Abu Salih Citation 1895, 131, 136, n. 4, 141; Milwright Citation 1999, 508; Monchamp Citation 2018, 33); al-‘Adawiyya’s location corresponds to ...
20 hours ago · Cairo, Egypt – The Urban Development Fund, in partnership with MINT Real Estate Assets, has announced the opening of reservations for the "Fustat View" project, a visionary multi-phase development aimed at transforming Cairo's historic Fustat area into a dynamic economic and cultural hub. MINT Real Estate Assets, a subsidiary of Al Ahli ...
Jun 22, 2024 · The goal is to discover and reveal the first Islamic capital of Egypt, Old Fustat City, making the area a comprehensive archaeological, tourist, and cultural attraction.
The Cairo geniza was a storeroom for no longer usable holy books in the synagogue of Fustat, Old Cairo, where for centuries, old Jewish manuscripts, mostly in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judeo- Arabic, including also secular documents and communal records, were deposited.
