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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.
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Old Cairo Nights

The Lane

No. 1 of 20 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeA 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.

What it meansThe lanes of historic Cairo were laid out for shade, with upper storeys and screened balconies leaning close across the street.

Where it worksA tall, atmospheric piece for a hallway, a landing or a narrow wall.

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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

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