Encyclopedia of Islam

Cairo

  

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style buildings, including the first opera house 

built in the Middle East. Today it is where many 

of the embassies, international hotels, banks, 

department stores, and cinemas are located. Thus, 

visitors to Cairo will find a modern city and 

its suburbs coexisting with what remains of its 

medieval architectural core. Fustat has virtually 

disappeared except for an archaeological park and 

a district called Old Cairo, where the Mosque of 

Amr, several churches and monasteries, and the 

Ben Ezra Synagogue still stand.

See also  c

hristianity

 

and

  i

slam

; 

dhimmi

; 

F

atimid

 

dynasty

; J

Udaism

 

and

  i

slam

; 

mamluk

; 

o

ttoman

 

dynasty

.