In the Al-Hussein quarter in Islamic Cairo, the historic Mosque and University of A-Azhar stands welcoming worshippers, students and visitors. The edifice, re-opened by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi ...

Less than two months after one of Sunni Islam's highest authorities came to the Vatican following several years of icy relations, Pope Francis has sent a representative to Egypt's Al-Azhar University ...

Egypt's Al-Azhar has condemned the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by hundreds of Israeli settlers under Israeli police protection on Sunday. The Jewish settlers broke into the holy site from Bab ...

I start my first full day in Cairo before sunrise, walking along the Nile as the city slowly wakes up. From panoramic views ...

1- Al-Azhar ancient library: The library that now exists is an extension of the ancient library referred to by historians to be found before 517 Ah -1123 AD at al-Azhar Mosque. 2- Al-Azhar Library in ...

The communications revolution has long challenged the authority of religious institutions like Egypt’s millennium-old al-Azhar Mosque. For centuries, al-Azhar was a dominant voice on mainstream Sunni ...

Abu al-Dahab Mosque is located towards Al-Azhar mosque. It is also one of the Hanging mosques that has been built near the road level, and there are shops below its destinations. Abu al-Dahab Mosque ...