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Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

When most people think of Egypt, their minds inevitably wander to the Pyramids of Giza or the temples of Luxor. While these ...

The government has been building a new city in the desert, to try to move people away from heavily-congested Cairo. But the unveiling of the new centre and mosque was criticised on social media.