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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Districts of Cairo, Districts of Greater Cairo, Streets in Cairo, Fustat, Maadi, Qasr el-Nil Street, Tahrir Square, Qasr al-Ayn Street, Talaat Harb Street, Heliopolis, 6th of October City, Azbakeya, Al-Azhar Park, Nasr City, Zamalek, Coptic Cairo, City of the Dead, Al-Matariyyah, Islamic Cairo, Shubra El-Kheima, Mohandessin, New Cairo, Muizz Street, Mokattam, Manshiyat naser, Gezira Island, Downtown Cairo, Khan el-Khalili, Old Cairo, Boulaq, Rod El Farag, El-Manial, El-Tagamu El Khames, Rhoda Island, Garden City, Daher, Egypt, El-Sakakini, Ain Shams, Obour City, El-Marg, Saliba Street, Elsahel, Dokki, Wagh El-Birket, Zeitoun, El-Quba, Ezbet el-Haggana, Faggala, Abdeen, Bab al-Louq. Excerpt: Cairo ( -roh; Arabic: ), literally "The Vanquisher" or "The Conqueror," is the capital of Egypt and the second largest city in the Muslim World, the Arab world and Africa and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life. Cairo was founded by the Fatimid dynasty in the 10th century AD.; but the land composing the present-day city was the site of national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo. Cairo is also associated with Ancient Egypt due to its proximity to the ancient cities of Memphis, Giza and Fustat which are nearby to the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza. Egyptians today often refer to Cairo as Ma r (Arabic: ), the Arabic pronunciation of the name for Egypt itself, emphasizing the city's continued role in Egyptian influence. Cairo has the oldest and largest film and music industries in the Arab World, as well as the world's second-oldest institution of higher learning, al-Azhar University. Many international media, businesses, a...
