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The 'City of the Dead', one of the large Islamic cemeteries in Cairo, is in great danger. The first mausoleums have already been demolished, parts of which are on the UNESCO World Heritage List, but there is also resistance by local and international communities. ardaudiothek.de/episode/die-re
Bifolium from a Qur'an manuscript known as the Mushaf al-Hadina (Nurse's Qur'an), copied in a bold, angular cursive script with colourful vowel marks.
Made for a female patron, the nursemaid of ruler al-Muizz ibn Badis of the Zirid dynasty of Ifrigiya, who reigned over the central Maghreb region in the 4th century AH (11th century CE).