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Old Cairo Nights

Historic Cairo after dark, in flat colour: lanes of wooden balconies, Mamluk minarets and carved domes, lanterns, coloured-glass windows, courtyards and the Nile beneath a violet sky.

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A narrow lane between tall painted houses with wooden balconies and lit windows, strung with lanterns, leading to a striped gateway beneath a minaret and a carved stone dome under a full moon.The LaneNo. 1
A tall pale minaret with two balconies and an open pavilion topped by a bulb rises over a dark city, beside a crescent moon.Mamluk MinaretNo. 2
A single carved stone dome with a zigzag pattern and a row of lit windows sits beneath a large full moon.Moon and DomeNo. 3
A single hanging lantern with amber, teal and pink glass glows inside a carved niche, throwing small stars of light across the wall.FanousNo. 4
A felucca with a pale lateen sail drifts on the Nile under a full moon, with palms and minarets along the far bank.FeluccaNo. 5
A projecting wooden balcony of turned lattice glows from within against a moonlit teal wall, with a cat sitting on its ledge.MashrabiyaNo. 6
A tall wooden minbar seen from the side: a straight stair rising between panels inlaid with ivory stars, a gate with a crested top at its foot and a small domed pavilion at the head, under windows of coloured glass and a hanging glass lamp.MinbarNo. 7
A two-storey public fountain building with grilled windows of ablaq stone below and an open wooden loggia above, lit by lanterns at night.SabilNo. 8
A vaulted market street recedes into the distance, lined with lit stalls hung with lengths of coloured cloth and folded bolts on low counters, with lanterns down the centre.Cloth MarketNo. 9
A tall reception hall with a central arch, a glowing wooden screen, a hanging lantern and an octagonal marble fountain set into the floor.The Qa'aNo. 10
An open café doorway glows orange from within, with a tiled counter, lamps and a mirror, a pair of chairs and a table of tea glasses outside, a carved wooden window above and a cat by the step.Café DoorNo. 11
An arcade of round arches, each with a lantern, runs alongside a street of tall houses with wooden balconies towards a distant skyline.Street of ArchesNo. 12
Three date palms stand in silhouette against a huge full moon, with a low dome and minaret on the horizon.Date PalmsNo. 13
A monumental portal of striped stone with a honeycomb hood, studded bronze doors and a lantern hanging in its recess, beneath a crescent moon.Ablaq PortalNo. 14
The top of a minaret with its open pavilion and ribbed cap rises from below into a deep night sky beside a thin crescent moon.CrescentNo. 15
A tall recessed bay in a stone wall with a pointed keel arch, holding two arched windows and a round window above, all filled with coloured glass set in white plaster in patterns of eight-point stars.QamariyyaNo. 16
Dozens of lanterns, some six-sided, some round and pierced, some shaped like stars, hang at different heights and glow in a warm shop.Lantern MarketNo. 17
A tall dusky-pink house with shuttered windows, two wooden balconies and a lantern by the door stands between neighbours under a small moon, a cat on one sill.Night FacadeNo. 18
A stepped lane climbs between painted walls with lamps and potted plants, under an arch towards a lit door and a minaret at the top.Medina StepsNo. 19
A paved mosque courtyard at night, with a domed ablution fountain in front of a lantern-lit arcade, a great dome and a minaret behind.Mosque CourtyardNo. 20
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