Someone is going out in style in what must be a Christian funeral, the carriage decked with a cross and angels, moving past a mosque! This is the first mosque built in Heliopolis, the present-day outer suburb of Cairo which the Belgian Baron Empain built out of the desert in the early 1900s. The mosque was built in 1911 in Mosque Square (Midan al-Gami).
The photo shows a pretty blend of Islamic and Christian ‘architectural’ embellishment, particularly the rooftops, the parts closest to heaven… I also couldn’t help noticing the Egyptian religious tolerance of the 1940s.
Thanks to Ailsa for proposing this transportation theme for a photo challenge this week. Everyone should see her fantastic shots taken from plane windows: http://wheresmybackpack.com/2012/12/14/travel-theme-transportation/
that is amazing…love it
Thanks Jo.
One of favorites, For me it looks more like a wedding cart. There’s something written in Arabic above the boy’s head, if u have a better quality I’d tell what exactly it is 🙂
I’ve enlarged the photo in the post, but I don’t know if the detail will be better. If you zoom in on it you might be able to read it.
not really, can u send me the enlarged one plz. ahmadomar7@live.com
I read many times about such carts but never saw one. I’m so grateful