Jame Anwar, Cairo, Egypt

Pics from my recent trip to the land of the Fatimi Cairo. These are the pics of Al Masjid Jame ul Anwar taken during night and early morning.

Al-Azhar University's connection to Obama's Historic speech to the Muslim World.

After reading this on NPR,

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104745607

 

I did some research on Al-Azhar University in Cairo, and read that it was founded by Imam Moiz AS in the 9th Century:

http://archive.mumineen.org/awliya/aimmat/e_imammoiz.html

 

Please note that the speech was delivered at University of Cairo and not Al-Azhar. The reason mentioned was the fact that Al-Azhar is located in part of Cairo called the medieval Cairo and it was difficult for security to lock-down the Old Town.