Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: The renovation project for the historic mosque began in 2017 with a budget of around $2.8 million (85 million Egyptian ...

Constructed in 879, Cairo's oldest surviving mosque in its original form was built to accommodate the Tulunid Dynasty founder, Ahmad Ibn Tulun, and his entire army during Friday prayers. His mosque ...

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CAIRO — Egyptian security forces stormed a Cairo mosque Saturday after a heavy exchange of gunfire with armed men shooting down from a minaret, rounding up hundreds of supporters of the country’s ...

Wednesday’s brutal clearing of two pro-Morsi sit-ins has shaken Cairo. It was the largest massacre of civilians in Egypt since Hosni Mubarak was toppled in 2011. Over 600 people were killed and more ...