Thousands pack Cairo’s Islamic quarter despite Covid-19 risk

  • Date: 05-May-2021
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Egypt
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Thousands pack Cairo’s Islamic quarter despite Covid-19 risk

Thousands of Egyptians have flocked to Cairo’s Islamic quarter during Ramadan, defying government advice on social-distancing to break their Ramadan fast among some of the capital’s historic treasures.

Hundreds of years of Egyptian history is concentrated in the area - a Unesco world heritage site boasting a wealth of historical sites from the Fatimid, Mamluk and Ottoman eras.