Untertitel: "Islamic Cairo" and the modern city center seen from the citadel. In front the Mosque and Madrassa of al-Hassan (my favorite Cairo mosque) and the Mosque of ar-Rifai. Although the look quite similiar (mamluk-style), the first is 500 years older.
In the back, at the Nile, are three tagged high buildings. The left one is the "Tower of Shame", whose construction never was finished. It is standing there empty and dark, next to the german embassy. The embassy is located in a very ugly building. One former embassador reportedly said that he hoped the Tower of Shame would collapse onto the embassy building…
The right building is the foreign ministry. It is the highest ministry building, showing that foreign policy is the most important policy of the Mubarak administration.
The Radio Building in the middle was the highest building during the Nasser era. He used the radio to spread his ideas of pan-arabism.
