Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide; New Revised Edition

by Tarek Mohamed and Caroline Williams

Book Overview

Cairo's Islamic monuments are part of an uninterrupted tradition that spans over a thousand years of building activity. No other Islamic city can equal Cairo's spectacular heritage, nor trace its historical and architectural development with such clarity. The discovery of this historic core, first visually by nineteenth-century western artists then intellectually by twentieth-century Islamic art specialists, now awaits the delight of the general visitor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774162056
• ISBN13: 9789774162053
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.4"