Flanking the eastern edge of Islamic Cairo is Al Azhar Park, one of Cairo's largest parks. Formerly an area filled with rubble, Al Azhar Park now features an array of fountains, manicured gardens, ...

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The General Directorate of Traffic for Cairo announced the complete closure of the lower Al-Azhar Bridge (Ahmed Maher), specifically the direction traveling from Bab El Sha’reya to Bab El Khalk, ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Cairo has announced the official opening of the Indonesian language program at the Faculty of Language and Translation of Universitas Al ...

Egypt's presidency pressured Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the world's foremost Islamic institution, to withdraw a statement condemning Israel's "genocidal starvation" of Gaza, sources ...

British schools have introduced measures to support Muslim students observing Ramadan, including reducing physically ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar reveals that Al Azhar University in Egypt has expressed readiness to send lecturers to strengthen public Islamic universities in ...

The Vatican and Sunni Islam's leading institution of higher learning have begun looking for ways to restart formal dialogue. Acting on Pope Francis' expressed desire, the Pontifical Council for ...

In his speech at Al-Azhar university in Cairo today, Pope Francis placed an emphasis on education, drawing attention to Egypt’s ancient civilization that valued open-minded education and saying a ...