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RE: The Majestic Oasis: Exploring the Muhammad Ali Mosque in Cairo 🇪🇬

in Worldmappin2 years ago

Those praying rooms look stunning! I have tried to visit a mosque once before in Morocco and a guy came yelling at me which scared me for life. We randomly walked there and didn't know that we should take off our shoes (It was more than 15 years ago). He could have told us normally but he chose violence, so we ended up not going inside...

It's interesting that this building is only about 200 years old as it looks much older. I think it's something about the color of the stones on the façade that give the construction older look 🙂

Thank you for sharing!

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Oh that's such a pity! Of course you had no idea about taking your shoes off when you visited a Mosque for the first time - I had no idea either before! So unlucky that you met this angry men :( - And to be fair, I wouldn't want to go inside anymore either after this angry guy appeared to me.

But you should definitely try it another time when you have the chance. People at Mosques are usually super nice and happy that foreigners are curious about their religion or religious places!

Yeah I thought the same - It did look quite rough on the outside. But as you mentioned, that might just be the building material they've used.

Wishing you a great week! :))