The menorah is described in the Bible as the seven-lamp ancient Hebrew lampstand made of pure gold and used in the tabernacle set up by Moses in the wilderness and later in the Temple in Jerusalem. Fresh olive oil was burned daily to light its lamps. The menorah was a symbol of both Judaism and Christianity since antiquity; in modern times it is primarily considered a symbol of Judaism and is the emblem on the coat of arms of the modern state of Israel.
The Mosque of al-Hakim, nicknamed al-Anwar, is a major Islamic religious site in Cairo, Egypt. It is named after Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985–1021), the sixth Fatimid caliph and 16th Ismaili Imam. This mosque originally started being built by al-Aziz, the son of Mu'izz, and the father of al Hakim, in 990 A.D. It was named after Al Hakim because he had finished and established it.
Minaret is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets serve multiple purposes. While they provide a visual focal point, they are generally used for the Muslim call to prayer (adhan), though they may also exist as standalone non-religious structures, especially in the Indian subcontinent. Minarets can have a variety of forms, from thick, squat towers to soaring, pencil-thin spires. The top is often decorated with a conical or onion-shaped crown.
Cairo Governorate is the most populated of the governorates of Egypt. Its capital, the city of Cairo, is the national capital of Egypt, and is part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area. Because it is completely urbanized, the governorate is considered a city proper, and functions as a municipality. However, there are uninhabited desert areas.
Kamal Ganzouri was an Egyptian economist who served as the Prime Minister of Egypt from 7 December 2011 to 24 July 2012. He previously served as prime minister from 1996 to 1999. He came to power in 1996 succeeding Atef Sedki, and was in turn succeeded by Atef Ebeid in 1999. He was branded Minister of the Poor and the Opposition Minister because of his way of dealing with limited income people and the opposition. Before becoming prime minister, Ganzouri served as Minister of Planning and International Cooperation. On 24 November 2011, Egypt's military rulers appointed him prime minister. He was sworn in and took office on 7 December 2011.
The Cairo Trilogy is a trilogy of novels written by the Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz, and one of the prime works of his literary career.
Denys Johnson-Davies was an eminent Arabic-to-English literary translator who translated, inter alia, several works by Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, Sudanese author Tayeb Salih, Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish and Syrian author Zakaria Tamer.
Leila Aboulela is a fiction writer of Sudanese origin, who lives in Great Britain and writes in English. She grew up in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and since 1990, has mainly lived in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The Nord Kamal Mosque is the largest mosque in the city of Norilsk, Russia. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most northerly-situated mosque in the world. It was built by businessman Mukhtad Bekmeyev, an ethnic Tatar native of Norilsk, who named it after his father Nuritdin and mother Gaynikamal. It was designed by a local architect, Josef Muire, with funds provided by British philanthropist Stephen Trantham, and was opened for prayers in 1998. Its architecture is Turkish-style with a minaret and central dome.
The Aqsunqur Mosque is located in Cairo, Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world. It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter in Islamic Cairo, between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Saladin The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.
Jalal is a masculine given or family name. The name or word Jalal means majesty and is used to honor and venerate.
Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein was the son of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt.
Ramez Mohamed Galal Ahmed Tawufik is an Egyptian prankster, actor and singer. He graduated from the Egyptian Academy of Arts.
Diaaeldin Kamal Gouda Abdelmottaleb is a heavyweight freestyle wrestler from Egypt. In 2016 he won the African Championships and competed at the Rio Olympics, losing in the second bout to Komeil Ghasemi.
Minaret is a tower-like component of a mosque.
Ehab Galal is an Egyptian former football player and manager, who manages the Egyptian premier league club, Pyramids.
Kamal Ruhayyim is an Egyptian writer. He obtained a doctorate in law from Cairo University, before pursuing a career in law enforcement. As an author, he is best known for the Galal trilogy, which consist of Diary of a Jewish Muslim, Days in the Diaspora and Menorahs and Minarets. All three books have been translated by Sarah Enany and published by AUC Press.
Diary of a Jewish Muslim is a 2014 book by Egyptian author Kamal Ruhayyim.
Days in the Diaspora is a 2008 book by Egyptian author Kamal Ruhayyim, translated into English in 2012.
Al-Kamal ibn al-Humam was a prominent Egyptian Hanafi-Maturidi, polymath, legal theorist and jurist. He was a mujtahid and highly regarded in many sciences of knowledge and was also a Sufi. Highly regarded in all fields of knowledge, including fiqh, usul al-fiqh, kalam, logic, Sufism, Arabic language and literature, tafsir, Hadith, Islamic law of inheritance, mathematics, and music.
