The Mosques of Egypt "Ramesses the Great; James through the imposing front door

through the imposing front door of Number 11

or simply to make your everyday life more vivid and rewarding

Lesley Lababidi

by his own lack of self-confidence

Facing worldwide scrutiny

The Mosques of Egypt "Ramesses the Great; James through the imposing front doorBernard O'Kane Less than ten years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, the new religion of Islam arrived in Egypt with the army of Amr ibn al As in AD 639. Amr immediately established his capital at al Fustat, just south of modern Cairo, and there he built Africas first mosque, one still in regular use today. Since then, governors, caliphs, sultans, amirs, beys, pashas, among others, have built mosques, madrasas, and mausoleums throughout Egypt