On September 17, five Islamic monuments were officially inaugurated in the Al-Darb Al-Ahmar area of Cairo.
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The most outstanding restoration-conversion attraction, amid the decrepit villages of the Egyptian capital unfamiliar to visitors, one extremely ambitious project has been undertaken with the creation of a vast, green open space in a once run-down area of Cairo. Interestingly since the project was started, another dimension has been added –a rehabilitation of the surrounding residential district called Darb Al Ahmar, so impoverished it needed the Aga Khan to give it a facelift.
via Cairo Islamic monuments and tourist attractions launched.
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