Al-Azhar park
We were pretty energetic after visiting Beyt as-Suhaymi, so we continued along to Al-Azhar Park. Al-Azhar Park is an expansive new construction in Islamic Cairo, built on an old garbage dump. The grounds are immaculate and every tree and shrub is tamed to perfection. It’s a little surreal.
On the way to Al-Azhar Park we walked past the Northern Cemetery, which functions as a cemetery and as a neighborhood where people live among the tombs.
People enjoying the greenery of the park.
Squint and you can see in the left corner a wooden structure painted with a green and yellow triangle. That’s a rooftop pigeon house and there is a boy standing on the roof with a flag calling home the pigeons.
Focus in on the beam of sunlight breaking through the clouds. Yep, that’s right – those are the Pyramids!
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