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We marvelled over the craftsmanship of past eras... and that we had finally found an open museum
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Ruth in Manial Palace
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Manial Palace mosque doorway
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And inside, a young artist
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The finest lamp in the Manial Palace mosque
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Art in nature, nature in art
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Egyptian orchid tree (Bauhinia) bloom
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Intricate ficus backdrop... indifferent toilet attendant
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'Made in Egypt' on the door of Sultan Mohamed Ali's residence in the Manial Palace complex
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Manial Palace central hall
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In one of the receiving rooms
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You'd never know you weren't in Istanbul
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Looking up in the central hall
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Through the mashurabia
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The Blue Salon -- though it doesn't look it here
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The royal bathroom
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I think toilets like these should come back into fashion!
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We walked through an animal market to get to the part of the cemetery where Maha's family has their mauseleum
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The caretaker
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I'm now sure I couldn't be a butcher
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This photo is for my cousin's wife who used to work there, at Towson that is
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My first market in a cemetery
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A tuk-tuk headed into the lane we'd just come from
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A rose among thorns... May we strive to create beauty around us again someday
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Views while stuck in Friday market traffic
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Learning about the 13th c Sultan Barquq mosque and mausoleum inside the City of the Dead
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Probably impossible to keep clean, the place was blowing with sand
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Departing through the madrassa
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Sisi fans (who presumably posted this) were across the lane urging me to photograph it
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On our way to Islamic Cairo
