American Studies Institute Ain Sukhna, EgyptJanuary 2005 Slideshow Four: Tour of Cairo A Joint Project of Binational Fulbright Commission-Egypt and James Madison University Office of International Programs Lee Sternberger, Principal Investigator Project Directors Noha El Gindi (Fulbright) Lorie Merrow (JMU ) JMU Faculty Philip Bigler, Steve Reich Elizabeth Chew (Monticello) Mark Facknitz, Howard Lubert Fulbright Assistants Mariam Laila Hussein JMU Student Assistant Bareza Rasoul

First day, Cairo First stop, the Citadel, Mohammed Ali Mosque and Sultan Hassan Mosque

The Citadel

The Muhammed Ali “Alabaster” Mosque, 1857

Sultan Hassan Mosque, 1256

One of four liwan (vaults) in the mosque, and the only one completed

Second Stop Coptic Cairo Coptic Christianity is the oldest existing form of Christianity, a sect which distinguished itself early in its belief that Christ had a monophysite, or purely divine identity, rather than a dual, divine and human, identity.

An ancient Christian church, the Mari Girgis or St. George

It is believed that the Holy Family stayed here on their way to Jerusalem.

Third Stop Lunch at the Naguib Mahfouz Restaurant in Khan al Khalili a bazaar hundreds of years old, also known as the ‘tourist bazaar’

Enter Khan al Khalili

Our erstwhile guide takes a break for a smoke while we eat…