21 March 2008

Al Azhar University



Al-Azhar is the oldest university in the world, established in 988, about a century before Oxford. It is the religious authority within Egypt, and often considered the center of Sunni Islam.

The dark brown balcony above Milli's scarf-clad head is where the teachers used to preach to students in the huge courtyard below. They don't anymore; I believe they use classrooms.

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