Many historians agree that the first sultana of the Mamluk state in Egypt was Shajar al-Durr, who ruled after the death of her husband, Sultan as…
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Alexandria, nestled on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, has changed hats throughout human history. Interestingly, the quaint city, known as the Bride of…
In 1325, the Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta set out for Mecca to join the waves of pilgrims converging on the holy city. En route through Egypt, he…
In a paper entitled From Baghdad to London: Unravelling Urban Development in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (800–1800), researchers…
For its people, Alexandria is not merely a city; it is a state of being in which history intersects with the present, creating something akin to an…
The 19th century Egyptian scholar, minister, author, and historian Ali Pasha Mubarak was renowned for a reason: he helped establish the country’s…
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