The Mokattam (Egyptian Arabic: المقطم [elmoˈʔɑtˤ.tˤɑm], also spelled Muqattam), also known as the Mukattam Mountain or Hills, is the name of an Eastern...
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70,000. The largest settlement is Mokattam village, nicknamed "Garbage City," located at the foot of the Mokattam Plateau, next to Manshiyat Nasser....
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the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph...
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monuments known to come from this site are: The Colossi of Memnon The Mokattam hills are a site located near Memphis. The hills were quarried for limestone...
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Minyet El Nasr Mit Ghamr Mit Rahina Mit Salsil Monsha'at El-Qanater Mut Mokattam Madinaty Masr El-Gedida Mostakbal City Nabaroh Nasr City Nag Hammadi Naqada...
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Ahmet Karadja Ahmet Myftari, Dede Baba (1916–1980) Ahmet Sirri Baba of Mokattam (1895–1963) Ali Baba of Berat Ali Baba of Tomorr (1900–1948) Ali Baba Horasani...
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the east, central Cairo districts to the west (Historic Cairo), and the Mokattam district to the south. It is famous for the Garbage City quarter, which...
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westward, providing the site between the eastern edge of the river and the Mokattam highlands on which the city now stands. The land on which Cairo was established...
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"The Egyptian daily "Al Mokattam" supported the partition". The Jerusalem Post. 30 November 1947. the influential daily "Al Mokattam"... supporting partition...
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They extend to the north and to the south of the Cairo Citadel, below the Mokattam Hills and outside the historic city walls, covering an area roughly 4 miles...
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Fayyum (fossil deposit) (section Mokattam Group)
base is generally assigned to the Mokattam group (also called the Wadi el-Rayyan series), named after Gebel Mokattam east of Cairo. It is of marine origin...
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Voter line in Mokattam, Cairo, during the 19 March 2011 constitutional referendum extending from the built-up area of Mokattam into the desert. The referendum...
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involves al-Mu'izz challenging Pope Abraham of Alexandria to move the Mokattam mountain in Cairo, recalling a verse in the Gospel of Matthew which says:...
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al-Fustat, Egypt. He was buried in the vault of the Banu Abd al-Hakam, near Mokattam. The dome was built in 1212 CE/608 AH by the Ayyubid sultan al-Kamil. Al-Shafi'i's...
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gave him generous gifts and established an observatory for him on Mount Mokattam near Fustat. Al-Aziz Billah ordered him to make astronomical tables, which...
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(1992). "Marine Mammals (Cetacean and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age, and Paleoenvironments". University...
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Fraas, Eberhard (1904). "Neue Zeuglodonten aus dem unteren Mitteleocän vom Mokattam bei Cairo". Geologische und Paläontologische Abhandlungen. 6 (3): 199–220...
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and ribs found in middle Lutetian Tethyan marine limestone from Gebel Mokattam near Cairo, Egypt. Protocetus are believed to have had a streamlined, whale-like...
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Azbakeya Bulaq Daher Al-Darb al-Ahmar El Marg Helwan Massarah 15th of May Mokattam City of the Dead (al-Qarafa) Manshiyat Naser Nasr City El Qobbah Rhoda...
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(Bartonian, 40.4 to 37.2 million years ago) Giushi Formation in Gebel Mokattam, (30°00′N 31°18′E / 30.0°N 31.3°E / 30.0; 31.3, paleocoordinates 24°54′N...
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reconstructed pronunciation: møʔχəˈtoːw). It could be also related to the name of Mokattam Hills which Casanova derives from a denomination of the compound Heliopolite...
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urban) El Matareya قسم المطرية Al-Maṭariyah 644,436 Kism (fully urban) El Mokattam قسم المقطم Al-Muqaṭṭam 239,750 Kism (fully urban) El Muski قسم الموسكي...
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have originated with fossil snail shells like natica hybrida found in Mokattam limestone near Cairo. The direct attribution of the Horns of Ammon with...
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Azbakeya Bulaq Daher Al-Darb al-Ahmar El Marg Helwan Massarah 15th of May Mokattam City of the Dead (al-Qarafa) Manshiyat Naser Nasr City El Qobbah Rhoda...
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Azbakeya Bulaq Daher Al-Darb al-Ahmar El Marg Helwan Massarah 15th of May Mokattam City of the Dead (al-Qarafa) Manshiyat Naser Nasr City El Qobbah Rhoda...
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The sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili imam rode his donkey to the Mokattam hills for one of his regular nocturnal meditation outings and failed to...
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Al-Khalifa district, bordered on the east by the Autostrad Cemetery area and Mokattam Hill, on the west by the Imam Al-Shafi'i Cemetery and Imam Al-Shafi'i area...
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is a clergyman of the Coptic Orthodox Church, since 2013 bishop of Al-Mokattam. On 17 April 1992, he made his religious vows. He was ordained a priest...
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motor vehicles and marine to power equipment. Eim Group is headquartered Mokattam, Cairo and is in partnership with Renault Egypt. Since 2006, the Egyptian...
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al-Hakim left for one of his regular nocturnal meditation journeys to the Mokattam hills on the outskirts of Cairo but failed to return. A search found only...
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