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Guidebooks include Claire E. Francy (compiler), Cairo: The Practical Guide, new rev. ed., updated and edited by Lesley Lababidi (2006); and Caroline Williams, Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide, new rev. ed., 5th ed. (2002). One of the most authoritative, scholarly works on Cairo remains Janet L. Abu-Lughod, Cairo: 1001 Years of the City Victorious (1971). Other works of significance include Galila El Kadi and Alain Bonnamy, Architecture for the Dead: Cairo’s Medieval Necropolis (2007; originally published in French, 2001); Maria Golia, Cairo: City of Sand (2004); André Raymond, Cairo (2000; originally published in French, 1993); Max Rodenbeck, Cairo: The City Victorious (1999); Nezar AlSayyad, Cities and Caliphs: On the Genesis of Arab Muslim Urbanism (1991), and Streets of Islamic Cairo: A Configuration of Urban Themes and Patterns (1981); Carl F. Petry, The Civilian Elite of Cairo in the Later Middle Ages (1981); Malise Ruthven et al., Cairo (1980), and Cairo: A Life-Story of 1000 Years, 969–1969 (1969). Additional works that remain important include James Aldridge, Cairo (1969); Desmond Stewart, Cairo: 5500 Years (1968; also published as Great Cairo, Mother of the World, 3rd ed., 1996), and Stanley Lane-Poole, The Story of Cairo (1902, reprinted 1971).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Questions and answers added. | Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Historic Cairo. | May 10, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Aug 11, 2023 | ||
| Map added. | Apr 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Cairo, Egypt. | Jan 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Texas at Austin - The College of Liberal Arts - CAIRO - Ancient Cairo. | Mar 13, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 06, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: South African History Online - Cairo, Capital City of Egypt. | Nov 28, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Cairo, Egypt (founded c. 969 C.E.). | Oct 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - A Guide to the Holy City of Cairo, Egypt. | Jan 22, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 01, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | May 31, 2016 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Aug 26, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Cairo, Egypt. | Jan 03, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Cairo, Egypt. | Jan 03, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Cairo, Egypt. | Dec 14, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Travel and Cultures - Cairo, Egypt. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Cairo. | Jul 17, 2008 | ||
| Geography revised and updated. | Apr 23, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Apr 23, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Tour Egypt.Net - Cairo. | Jun 29, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Tour Egypt - Cairo and the Surrounding Area. | Apr 16, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Tour Egypt - Cairo and the Surrounding Area. | Apr 16, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Egyptvoyager.com - Cairo History - Circassian Mamluk Cairo. |
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Feb 08, 2007 | |
| Article revised. | Dec 07, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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