Old Cairo, Moez Street; Walking through the History of Egypt
Old Cairo, Moez Street, Cairo, Egypt - The historical place of old Cairo is part of Cairo that we know at this moment and it is the place that hosts Moez street which is filled with historical buildings and mosques (
Old Cairo is the place where lots of the old buildings and attractions where found, it is not just about the mosques ( but there are also some old churches and one synagogue which are found until these days. Although a lot of people think that old Cairo is just about the place where El Moez street is found, it is actually larger than that and goes to the religious community where Amr Ibn El-Aas mosque, the hanging church, as well as Ben Ezra synagogue are found (
El Moez street is named after Al Moez Ldin Allah Al Fatimi, the fourth caliph of the Fatimid dynasty, and dates back to the Islamic era, which you will definitely notice from the different Islamic buildings and the numerous mosques which are all found in the same area.
This street which is one of Egypt attractions is one of the oldest streets found in Cairo and it reaches one kilometer long, starting from Bab Al Futuh in the north to Bab Zuweila in the South. According to different researches and inspections done, it was found that this street is the place where most of the medieval architectural treasures of the Islamic world are found.
There are several historical mosques and buildings found in El Moez street, so being on a tour in this place will be filled with passing by lots of Islamic attractions. Visiting this place is considered a must since it is one of the treasures of Cairo.
Going on a tour at El Moez street could start from Al Azhar mosque, going through Bab Zuweila, which is considered one of the landmarks of the place, and then crossing over to Al Hussein mosque which is considered one of the holiest in the Islamic world and thus is considered one of the most important to the Egyptians as well.
Passing through these initial Islamic buildings in the street, you could then move further until you reach Al Hakim mosque, Bab El Fetouh, and Bab Al Nasr, from there you will move to Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hassan which is considered a remarkable place for the look of the building and its massive size as well as for the components which are found inside, and finally you will keep moving until you reach Mosque Ibn Tulun which is considered the oldest in the place and the largest according to the land it is built on. At the end of this Islamic historical trip in old Cairo, you will reach Khan El Khalili which is one of the major souks of the Islamic era and which is now one of the places that sell jewelry as well as other needs and which is one of the places to visit in Cairo that comes along the other touristic attractions (
In order to rescue this place and the treasures found in it, the government managed to do a lot of renovations for the place where those buildings taller than the historical ones were brought to good heights, were the buildings were renovated, the streets were done in the old manners, and a drainage system was installed to protect the buildings from any excess water. The best part was making this place an open-air museum were vehicles are not allowed to enter it during specific hours of the day, giving people the chance to walk through it without worrying.
With all these different attractions to come across in Moez street, people should make sure that they are dressed appropriately for the place, with the shoulders and legs covered, and women should also make sure that they are carrying something which they could cover their heads with in order to enter the mosques.
The area surrounding El Moez street is also a treasure gem where you could visit Beit El Seheimy ( Zeinab Khatoun, Al Azhar area which is the place were the oldest university once started, and where there are lots of sold goods found there as well that people go for.
With all the different buildings and mosques which one could find in this old street found in old Cairo, Moez street should be one of the different things to do in Egypt which people should always place in their to-do list when they travel to Egypt, because this walking tour in Cairo within the Islamic buildings will manage to give them a different view of the whole place.
There are other places to visit in old Cairo, such as the religious community (Mogamaa El-Adyan), visiting Cairo citadel ( going to Al Azhar park ( and enjoying every single detail related to these places which are found in the same area and which are all related to old Cairo.
Definitely a place which we recommend when it comes to Egypt, to check the old Islamic buildings and see the hidden gems.
EGYPT: LOOTED, NEGLECTED, SAD LOOKING CHRISTIAN CEMETERY in OLD CAIRO ⚰️
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's visit the old part of Cairo in Egypt. We are going to go to Old Cairo and more specifically the Coptic area, here we are going to find a Christian cemetery for christian Copts and Orthodox (Greeks, Russians). Sadly, the whole place has been looted and it is largely neglected and abandoned, as you will see.
Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites. It is believed in Christian tradition that the Holy Family visited this area and stayed at the site of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church. Coptic Cairo was a stronghold for Christianity in Egypt until the Islamic era, though most of the current buildings of the churches in Coptic Cairo were built after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 7th century.
Cairo is the capital of Egypt. The city's metropolitan area is one of the largest in Africa, the largest in the Middle East and 15th-largest in the world, and is associated with ancient Egypt, as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, modern Cairo was founded in 969 AD by the Fatimid dynasty, but the land composing the present-day city was the site of ancient national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo. Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled the city of a thousand minarets for its preponderance of Islamic architecture.
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Egypt adventure #16 (Coptic Cairo, St Sergius & Bacchus Church, Hanging Church, Virgin Mary Church)
Egypt adventure #16 (Coptic Cairo, Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church Church, Hanging Church, Virgin Mary Church)
Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites.
We will take you to St. Sergius & Bacchus Church where the holy family hid in a cave, Virgin Mary Church, Hanging Church and The Fortress of Babylon.
Then we off to Virgin Mary Church Maadi, An event of miraculous importance occurred on Friday the 3rd of the Coptic month of Baramhat the 12th of March 1976 AD. A Holy Bible of unknown provenance was carried by the lapping ripples of the Nile to the bank below the Church. It was open to the page of Isaiah 19:25 the page declaring, Blessed be Egypt My People. The Bible is now behind glass in the Sanctuary of the Virgin in the Church for all to see.
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Living With the Past: Old Cairo – Documentary
Cairo is one of the few medieval cities in the world that remains relatively intact. LIVING WITH THE PAST is a filmic portrait of Darb al-Ahmar, a neighborhood in the heart of the old city now facing a process of radical change.
Produced by Elizabeth Fernea (producer of the Women in the Middle East Series) this film documents a unique approach to historic preservation, one that combines social and economic development with monument restoration.
LIVING WITH THE PAST follows several restoration projects in progress in Darb al-Ahmar, including: the Great Gate of Bab Zuwayla (1092 A.D.), the Mosque of Emir Qijmas al-Ishaqi (1481 A.D.), the Church of the Virgin (600 A.D.), the Walls of Saladin (11th & 12th centuries A.D.). These projects have been incorporated into a mammoth social, cultural and economic neighborhood improvement scheme.
Across the globe monument preservation often means that people are displaced, and surrounding neighborhoods are demolished. Not so in Cairo, where efforts are underway to not only rescue endangered monuments but to improve the standard of living of the affected communities, in this case the people of Darb al-Ahmar.
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Bab Zuwelia | Old Cairo
Bab Zuweila is one of three remaining gates in the walls of the Old City of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. It was also known as Bawabbat al-Mitwali during the Ottoman period, and is sometimes spelled Bab Zuwayla. It is considered one of the major landmarks of the city and is the last remaining southern gate from the walls of Fatimid Cairo in the 11th and 12th century.Its name comes from Bab, meaning Door, and Zuwayla, the name of a tribe of Berber warriors from the Western Desert, members of which were charged with guarding the gate.
We go to old Cairo and climb this great gate , you can see the view from the gate in this video.
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Coptic Cairo: Ancient Churches of Egypt - Canon 5D Mark III
The churches in Coptic Cairo are in some cases over fifteen hundred years old, with everything in them still original. This video was filmed in the famous Hanging Church, and, recently opened to the public, St. George's Cathedral.
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Coptic Cairo - Cairo, Egypt
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- ... After A few coffees I made my excuses and headed back to the hotel I visited Old Cairo or Coptic Cairo the next day after catching the metro there, which predates the coming of Islam and once known as Babylon ...
- ... Today's plan was to visit Coptic Cairo early, rest in the hot afternoon, and go back out when it's cooler ...
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- The other (inactive) Babylon Tower in Coptic Cairo by Annalisamurray from a blog titled Ancient Churches, Mosques, And Synagogues, Oh My!
- Coptic Cairo - Ceiling @ Suspended Church by Bradborno from a blog titled Egyptian Museum & Coptic Cairo
- [21] The Hanging Church, Coptic Cairo by El_condor from a blog titled Walk like an Egyptian
- The Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo by Hedrandkev from a blog titled Walk Like an Egyptian
- Coptic Cairo - Suspended Church by Bradborno from a blog titled Egyptian Museum & Coptic Cairo
- Coptic Cairo - Mosaic by Bradborno from a blog titled Egyptian Museum & Coptic Cairo
- Wall to Coptic Cairo by Kaisersnuggle from a blog titled Coptic Cairo
- Coptic Cairo 3 by Rayandpaul from a blog titled Cairo
- Coptic Cairo 2 by Rayandpaul from a blog titled Cairo
- Coptic Cairo 1 by Rayandpaul from a blog titled Cairo
- Coptic Cairo 3 by Exploreamerica from a blog titled Cairo and the pyramids in Giza
- Coptic Cairo 2 by Exploreamerica from a blog titled Cairo and the pyramids in Giza
- Coptic Cairo by Manic-trip from a blog titled A symphony for the eyes
- Coptic Cairo by Undies from a blog titled Coptic, Nile, Giza...and some!
Coptic Cairo, Egypt / Kair Koptyjski, Egipt
Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites. It is believed that the Holy Family visited this area and stayed at the site of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga).( )
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church also known as the Hanging Church (El Muallaqa) is one of the oldest churches in Egypt and the history of a church on this site dates to the 3rd century AD.
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, also known as Abu Serga, in Coptic Cairo is one of the oldest Coptic churches in Egypt, dating back to the 4th century. (only few footages from there are available from hidden camera)
Kair Koptyjski jest częscią Starego Kairu i obejmuje swoim zasięgiem Twierdzę Babylon, Muzeum Koptyjskie, Wiszący Kościół, Grecki Kościół Świętego Jerzego i wiele innych koptyjskich kościołów i innych miejsc historycznych. Wierzy się, że Święta Rodzina przebywała w tym miejscu i mieszkała w miejscu na którym obecnie stoi kościół Świętego Sergiusza (Abu Serga).
Driving towards Coptic Cairo in Egypt
Heading towards Coptic Cairo in Egypt
El Moez Street - An Old Street in the Islamic Old Cairo
El Moez Street, Cairo, Egypt - Walking through one of the long old streets that belong to the Fatimid Islamic era and which is a well for a lot of old Islamic mosques as well as different Islamic buildings.
El Moez street history is long because even though it mostly belongs to the Fatimid era, it still carries several buildings that are related to other different Islamic eras and periods as well. Some of the historical buildings found in El Moez street are related to Amr Ibn El As, Tulunid period, Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottomon, and Mohamed Ali eras.
El Moez street شارع المعز is the name given to this place in attribution to El Moez Ldin Allah Al Fatimi, the fourth caliph of the Fatimid dynasty. This street is considered one of the oldest in the Islamic world and it is about one kilometer long, starting from Bab Al Futuh in the North and ending at Bab Zweila in the South, carrying different buildings, markets, and mosques ( to be viewed.
Due to the treasures found inside this street, there were some renovations done to the buildings by the government in an attempt to turn the place into an open-air museum. Because of this initiative, the government also made this a pedestrian walk only zone from 9 AM until 11 PM without allowing any vehicles to come inside during these hours of the day, giving the tourists the chance to view the whole place without any worries.
There are a lot of attractions in this place and some might be more famously known than others, these attractions vary between historical buildings, historical Islamic mosques, and museums. From the most famous attractions in the street, there is Bait Al Suhaymi ( Al Aqmar mosque, Al Hakim Mosque, Bayn Al Qasrain area which features Sultan Barquq mosque - madrassa on the left and sabil of Muhammad Ali Pasha on the right, Al Hakim bi Amr Allah mosque, Sayyidna Al Hussein mosque, Al Azhar mosque, mausoleum of Sultan Al-Ghuri, Wikala of Al-Ghuri, and House of Zeinab Khatoun.
Tourists will come across several other things which they might fall in love with more than those which are famously known and much visited. El Moez street is considered the same area of Old Cairo that combines Al-Azhar, Khan El Khalili ( and El Moez street together, so tourists and visitors could always get the chance to visit these areas during the same day but will spend almost the whole day there.
This is an old area in Cairo that does not require any entrance fees to the street itself and even to some of the buildings and historical attractions there, but there are some museums and mosques that ask for a ticket. The plus thing is that the ticket there allows you to enter different places and buildings instead of paying a new amount of money every single time you get to enter a new place.
The renovations done there gave the place a different look since the buildings which were higher than the historical ones were brought down to a good height, the streets were repaved in the old style, drainage system has been installed to protect the buildings from any excess water, and even lighting systems have been installed to light up the buildings in the night time.
In addition to walking through El Moez street, entering some of the famous museums and mosques, you could also walk through the market of Khan El Khalili, get the chance to sit in an old Egyptian style cafe and have mint tea, and at the same time buy your souvenirs there since there is a good chance of bargaining.
Make sure that while you are visiting this place, you are dressed appropriately by covering as much as you can from your skin, especially the shoulders and the legs, just in case you are planning to enter any of the mosques found there - which is recommended - and women should better have something to cover their head as well.
Some of the shops in the street tend to follow the whole atmosphere by selling antiques, such as old typewriters, old telephones, old musical instruments, and other items which the old Egyptian people were using.
Due to the Islamic atmosphere that takes over this street, you will find Islamic decoration items that could decorate your home, but might be difficult to travel back with them to your homeland.
El moez street and area are so close to Al Azhar park ( so if you want to have lunch or dinner with a view of old Egypt then you could finish walking through Al Moez and head over to this park. If you have more time and want to do another historical tour then Salah Al-Din Citadel ( is only 10 minutes drive away from El Moez street and only 5 minutes drive away from Al Azhar park, but we do not recommend that because you will be energy drained at the end of the day.
Travel back to the Islamic era and visit El Moez street with its historical sites.
Coptic Quarter of Old Cairo Egypt
walking along the coptic quarter of old cairo
The Hanging Church Coptic Cairo, Egypt
Travel sometimes drops a uninformative guide in your lap. The Cairo guide today was great when it came to Egyptology but clueless in Coptic Cairo. Frustrating, but we managed.
The Hanging Church or Suspended or Sitt Mariam or St. Mary because the church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary is located above a gatehouse of the Roman Fortress in Old Ciaro and approached by 29 steps. The sanctuary screen dates from the 12-13th century and is made of ebony inlaid with ivory. Take a look at the row of seven large icons with Christ in the center, Virgin Mary, Archangels Gabriel and Michael, Saints Peter and Paul and John the Baptist.
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Coptic Cairo which is a unique area that has a concentration of Christian churches and other sites that date from the centuries between the decline of the pharaonic religion and the arrival of Islam when Egypt had a Christian majority. It is built around the fort of Babylon on upon the remains of its walls.
The Hanging Church is also referred to as the Suspended Church or Al-Moallaqa. It is called the Hanging Church because it was built on the southern gate of the Roman Fortress. Logs of palm trees and layers of stones were constructed above the ruins of the Roman fortress to be used as a fundament. The Hanging Church is a unique church and has a wooden roof in the shape of Noah’s ark. From the 7th century to the 13th century, the Hanging Church served as the residence of the Coptic Patriarch. Al-Moallaqa has witnessed important elections and religious ceremonies.
A total of 110 icons are kept in the Hanging Church, the oldest of which is the “Coptic Mona Lisa” dating back to the 8th century A.D. and representing Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ and John the Baptist. Numerous altar icons date back to the 18th century A.D.
The church of Abu Sarga is the oldest church in Egypt dating back to the 5th century A.D. The church owes its fame to having been constructed upon the crypt of the Holy Family where they stayed for three weeks during their sojourn in Egypt.
According to a biblical narration by evangelist Matthew (Chapter 2), Virgin Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus fled from Palestine to Egypt out of fear from the persecution of the Jewish King Herod the Great. The Holy Family traveled as far as Assiut (“Deir el Muharraq”) and on their way back home spent some weeks in Old Cairo.
The Synagogue of Ben Ezra was originally a church. However, it needed to be sold to pay the annual taxes imposed on the church by the government in 882 A.D. The synagogue is named after Abraham Ben Ezra who bought the church for a sum of 20,000 dinars. The basilican structure with a nave and two aisles is still recognizable. The synagogue has become famous for its Geniza, an archive of ancient Jewish manuscripts, comprising thousands of rare manuscripts.
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