The Sayida Aisha Mosque is distinguished by a large dome resting on eight concrete pillars, with an inscription above the door reading, "Aisha has a bright light and joy, and her dome in which supplications are answered." This site houses…
Sufi Shrines of Khalifa
This walk follows the quiet, sacred spine of Cairo's al-Khalifa street, introducing you to peaceful tombs, grand mosques, and inspiring neighborhood restoration projects.
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1. Sayida Aisha Masjed
2. Sayyida Sakina Mosque
The Sayyida Sakina Mosque stands in the Al Khalifa neighborhood with a dome and minaret carved in a neo-Mamluk style. Completed in nineteen oh four, the current building replaced an earlier structure from seventeen sixty. The mosque is…
3. AlKhalifa Community Center - Megawra
The Al-Khalifa Community Center sits in a restored building from the early twentieth century, located directly across from the Al-Sayyida Ruqayya mausoleum and beside the Shajar al-Durr dome. It functions as a hub for the Athar Lina…
4. Mosque Sayeda Ruqaia Bint Imam Ali
The Mosque of Sayeda Ruqaia is distinguished by its lobed, ribbed dome, which sits atop an octagonal drum pierced with pairs of windows. Built in eleven thirty-three, this Fatimid-era structure features a triple-arched portico and…
5. Mausoleum of Shajar al-Durr
The Mausoleum of Shajar al-Durr is a small, square stone building capped with a prominent, fluted keel-shaped dome. It stands on al-Khalifa Street, a site originally chosen by the sultan for its proximity to shrines of female saints. Built…
6. Al-Sayyida Nafesa Mosque
The Al-Sayyida Nafesa Mosque is marked by its position at the edge of the historic Cairo necropolis, where it draws visitors to the shrine of a revered female Islamic scholar. Sayyida Nafesa, a great-granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad,…