All posts tagged "muhammed ali"

From a distance, it is likened to a citadel: with a wide dome and daunting structure. Closer,...

Very few have not heard of them, for the Mamlūks are a daunting, elusive non-elite that demarcated...

Built on Egyptian concrete for Turkish roots, what was once a vibrant edifice housing Said Halim Pasha,...

The engineer of Egyptian modernity was not Egyptian – he was Ottoman. Muhammed Ali is a prolific...