Denis Dailleux

Le Caire

Le Caire

The seers, believing the hour had come, lifted their eyes towards the heavens and there saw al-Qâhir shining a brilliant crimson. This is how the capital of Egypt was named al-Qahira, “the victorious,” and its foundations became inseperable from space, light, the universe…

Text by: Gamal al-Gitani, Khaled Osman

Publisher: Le Chêne (2001) 176 pages Size: 25x25 cm ISBN :2842772911

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