Cairo, is an amazing city, it was built by the efforts of Muslims, Christians and Jews as well as those during the Pharaonic Era eras. Aside from Islamic Cairo, we also got a chance to see Coptic Cairo. There we visited some very amazing churches. The styles were similar to the mosques that we had seen in Islamic Cairo, except they didn’t have the tall minarets and open courtyards. All the churches had wooden ceilings, symbolizing protection like that Noah’s Arch provided. We also saw Moses’ well, where Moses was dropped off in a basket by his mom in hopes that he would be saved, and the Holy Family’s Cave, one of the places where the Virgin Mary and her family fled in order to escape persecution . Unfortunately, we were not able to visit the church on top of the hill and meet the Zabaleen, most of who are Coptic and are the ones who run the sanitary department of Egypt (garbage pickers).
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| The Holy Family's Cave |
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| Moses' Well |
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| Mosque |
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