Friday, January 14, 2011

Khan el Khalili (revisited) - Egypt

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My sister and cousin @ a tunnel outside Khan el Khalili. I really like this picture :-)

I was in Cairo last week, and as promised in a previous post, went back to Khan el Khalili for more pix ^_^


Let's start off with images of Al Hussain mosque:
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El Hussain mosque, view from inside the market

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El Hussain.

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El Hussain, from the other side.

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El Hussain. Front view + my posers ;p

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About to go down a tunnel to cross the street; Another big mosque in the area.


Now, Khan elKhalili itself:

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ALLAH, the name of God :-)

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I'm so glad that bird decided to fly into my picture! lolz!


Items on display:

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Clothes. Belly-dancing clothes ;p

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Fawanees. I Don't know their English name. You put a candle in it.

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Scarves. Belly-dancing scarves ;p

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Wall plates

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I don't think you can really buy her ;p

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Last but not least, B&W images:

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I think this is called "The key of Nefertiti"

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This is a zoomed-in cut from the photo before it.




HUNNY WAS HERE